Ebook {Epub PDF} The Shock of the Fall by Nathan Filer

 · The Shock of The Fall by Nathan Filer. Janu. There seems to be a little bit of a theme running through the books I’ve been reading recently: namely, mental health, and how the protagonist deals with their own ill health. The last book I reviewed was The Memory Book by Rowan Coleman, which dealt with Alzheimer’s, and now I have just finished reading The Shock of The Fall, a Estimated Reading Time: 6 mins.  · Nathan Filer's Debut Novel The Shock of The Fall is haunting and very real insight to death and mental illness. I was recommended this novel and was assured it was a good audio book as I struggle with audio as opposed to reading and I have to say the narrator is excellent and he totally draws you into the character of Matthew to such an extinct that you feel it is actually Matthew narrating the /5. The Shock of the Fall is the debut young-adult novel by British author Nathan Filer. Set in contemporary England, year-old Matt Homes tells his own story dating back a decade, during which he begins to suffer from severe mental illness following the death of his older brother, Simon.

Nathan Filer with his wife, Emily, at the awards gala in London. Photograph: Richard Kendal/Barcroft Media. In , having worked on The Shock of the Fall for seven years, he decided to study for. The Shock of the Fall. by. Nathan Filer. · Rating details · 44, ratings · 4, reviews. What begins as the story of a lost boy turns into a story of a brave man yearning to understand what happened that night, in the years since, and to his very person. While on vacation with their parents, Matthew Homes and his older brother snuck. Nathan Filer is a registered mental health nurse. He is also a performance poet, contributing regularly to literary events across the UK. His work has been broadcast on television and radio. The Shock of the Fall is his first novel. show more.

The Shock of the Fall by Nathan Filer – review. The Costa first novel award-winner, about a young schizophrenic man struggling with guilt, is a gripping and exhilarating read. 'Engaging in. It keeps up forever trapped by the pain of our own minds, in the same way that the pain of a broken leg or a cut thumb will grab your attention, holding it so tightly that your good leg or your good thumb seem to cease to exist.”. ― Nathan Filer, The Shock of the Fall. tags: mental-illness. likes. Nathan Filer's Debut Novel The Shock of The Fall is haunting and very real insight to death and mental illness. I was recommended this novel and was assured it was a good audio book as I struggle with audio as opposed to reading and I have to say the narrator is excellent and he totally draws you into the character of Matthew to such an extinct that you feel it is actually Matthew narrating the story.