Fits and Starts
Franziska Thomas
"I understand this doesn't look good. Please trust me when I say it isn't as bad as it first appears. I'm not being ironical, facetious or glib. Physical pain is inevitable when you have a tendency to throw yourself around, suffering is optional."
In 1992 Franziska Thomas had her first seizure and her whole world was turned upside down - literally.
In Fits and Starts Franziska gives a compelling personal description of living with Epilepsy, an illness shrouded in secrecy and antiquated myths. Laden with self-deprecating humour she describes her own coming of age - as an epileptic, a teacher, and ultimately, a mother. Alternately stubborn and mischievous, down trodden and determined, Franziska remains ever hopeful despite the constant set backs and instinctively refuses to conform to the role the outside world has chosen for her. This searingly honest and thought-provoking memoir is the story of the author's fits, injuries, and memory loss, set inside the wider story of Epilepsy and society. Focussing on her own experience of repeatedly falling down, getting up, then falling down again.
Read by Tracy Wiles and Franziska Thomas.
Produced by award-winning audio company Almost Tangible, featuring an original title song by Stephanie MacGaraidh.
***About the book: Fits & Starts has sold thousands of copies making it one of the BEST-SELLING books about living with Epilepsy. Any questions you have about Epilepsy, either as an epileptic or someone who knows and loves an Epilepsy sufferer, your questions could be answered here.
***About the author: Franziska has previously worked as a journalist and History teacher. She is currently working as an author and Fundraising Manager for a UK and Nepal based charity. She lives in London with her husband Tim, their children Oskar and Kurt and two misbehaving Maine Coons.
Duration - 5h 38m.
Author - Franziska Thomas.
Narrator - Tracy Wiles.
Published Date - Sunday, 22 January 2023.
Copyright - © 2018 Franziska Thomas ©.
Location:
United States
Description:
"I understand this doesn't look good. Please trust me when I say it isn't as bad as it first appears. I'm not being ironical, facetious or glib. Physical pain is inevitable when you have a tendency to throw yourself around, suffering is optional." In 1992 Franziska Thomas had her first seizure and her whole world was turned upside down - literally. In Fits and Starts Franziska gives a compelling personal description of living with Epilepsy, an illness shrouded in secrecy and antiquated myths. Laden with self-deprecating humour she describes her own coming of age - as an epileptic, a teacher, and ultimately, a mother. Alternately stubborn and mischievous, down trodden and determined, Franziska remains ever hopeful despite the constant set backs and instinctively refuses to conform to the role the outside world has chosen for her. This searingly honest and thought-provoking memoir is the story of the author's fits, injuries, and memory loss, set inside the wider story of Epilepsy and society. Focussing on her own experience of repeatedly falling down, getting up, then falling down again. Read by Tracy Wiles and Franziska Thomas. Produced by award-winning audio company Almost Tangible, featuring an original title song by Stephanie MacGaraidh. ***About the book: Fits & Starts has sold thousands of copies making it one of the BEST-SELLING books about living with Epilepsy. Any questions you have about Epilepsy, either as an epileptic or someone who knows and loves an Epilepsy sufferer, your questions could be answered here. ***About the author: Franziska has previously worked as a journalist and History teacher. She is currently working as an author and Fundraising Manager for a UK and Nepal based charity. She lives in London with her husband Tim, their children Oskar and Kurt and two misbehaving Maine Coons. Duration - 5h 38m. Author - Franziska Thomas. Narrator - Tracy Wiles. Published Date - Sunday, 22 January 2023. Copyright - © 2018 Franziska Thomas ©.
Language:
English
Opening Credits
Duration:00:00:40
Stream of Unconsciousness: Part 1
Duration:00:07:42
Chapter 1: The Never Ending
Duration:00:04:37
Chapter 2: Running, Falling, Fleeing
Duration:00:06:42
Chapter 3: Years and Years
Duration:00:03:34
Chapter 4: The Floor Above Me
Duration:00:05:50
Chapter 5: Diagnosis…Or Not
Duration:00:09:50
Chapter 6: Seizures To Fit All
Duration:00:06:39
Chapter 7: To Seize or Not to Seize That is the Question
Duration:00:03:05
Chapter 8: Leaving the Future Behind
Duration:00:03:01
Chapter 9: Doctors and All
Duration:00:07:22
Chapter 10: The Aftermath
Duration:00:09:49
Part 2
Duration:00:01:14
Stream of Unconsciousness: Part 2
Duration:00:01:36
Chapter 11: A Working Nightmare
Duration:00:10:55
Chapter 12: Educating London
Duration:00:07:37
Chapter 13: Different Fits
Duration:00:06:15
Chapter 14: What’s the time Mr. Wolf?
Duration:00:10:15
Memory: Part 1
Duration:00:06:13
Chapter 15: First Impressions
Duration:00:07:22
Chapter 16: Stigma I
Duration:00:11:02
Chapter 17: Stigma II
Duration:00:10:30
Chapter 18: The Floor After the Floor Before
Duration:00:05:30
Chapter 19: Blind Panic
Duration:00:05:10
Chapter 20: What’s the Alternative?
Duration:00:07:55
Chapter 21: Tricky
Duration:00:08:14
Chapter 22: The Beginning…and the End
Duration:00:05:03
Chapter 23: One Day, Any Day, All Day
Duration:00:05:23
Chapter 24: For Better or Worse
Duration:00:11:58
Stream of Unconsciousness: Part 3
Duration:00:01:46
Chapter 25: In Sickness and In Health
Duration:00:05:28
Chapter 26: From This Day Forward
Duration:00:10:25
Chapter 27: Watching From the Inside
Duration:00:04:43
Chapter 28: Uncool to the Last
Duration:00:03:32
Chapter 29: Frozen
Duration:00:03:41
Chapter 30: Self-Inflicted Agony
Duration:00:04:55
Chapter 31: Things People Have Said To Me After a Fit
Duration:00:01:14
Chapter 32: The Many & The Few
Duration:00:05:10
Chapter 33: A Long Time Ago With A Concussion Far,Far Away
Duration:00:05:23
Chapter 34: Looking Back
Duration:00:08:35
Chapter 35: How the Memory Works or Doesn’t Work
Duration:00:12:11
Chapter 36: Memory, or Lack Thereof… Part II
Duration:00:09:26
Stream of Unconsciousness: Part 4
Duration:00:01:38
Chapter 37: Not At All Fine
Duration:00:09:52
Chapter 38: Time After Time
Duration:00:05:01
Chapter 39: Surviving
Duration:00:12:36
Chapter 40: Q & A
Duration:00:04:09
Chapter 41: Stupid Can Be Good
Duration:00:08:53
Chapter 42: The Never Ending End
Duration:00:06:21
Stream of Unconsciousness: Part 5
Duration:00:01:41
Epilogue: From the Floor Up
Duration:00:15:41
Update: March 2021
Duration:00:04:39
Closing Credits
Duration:00:00:51