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Marion Coutts wins 2015 Wellcome book prize for The Iceberg

Written By Unknown on Wednesday, April 29, 2015 | 2:55 PM

Chair of judges Bill Bryson says Coutts’ account of living with her husband’s illness and death is wise, moving and beautifully constructed

Marion Coutts’ moving and unflinching account of her husband’s illness and death has won the 2015 Wellcome book prize.

Chair of judges Bill Bryson said The Iceberg was “painful to read, but beautifully expressed. She recalls things with such vivid detail that you almost feel you’re reliving this experience with her in real time”.

Related: Marion Coutts: 'There is going to be a destruction… the obliteration of a person'

Related: The Iceberg: A Memoir by Marion Coutts – review

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