The Authors
Carol Komaromy
I have spent my career in three key areas, nursing and midwifery practice, end-of-life care research and teaching, including my role as Media Fellow. I am passionate about widening understandings of death and dying as well as making a difference in health care.
I have a son called Nick and a daughter called Debbie – both of whom work in the NHS and live in South London. After retiring from my full-time role at The Open University where I had worked since 1994, I moved to Gower in South Wales where I live with my partner.
Jenny Hockey
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Although I have written extensively as an anthropologist about family life - and about my own family as a poet, this is my first experience of writing a family memoir. The process has allowed me to draw on social theories that I've found useful as an academic, but to combine these with a more personal, literary way of writing.
I am now retired, still living in Sheffield with my partner, Bob. My daughter and her family live in Edinburgh and we visit whenever possible. My son, Gareth, and his family live nearby in Sheffield. When I'm not cycling or seeing friends, I spend most of my time writing and reading poetry.