This small book contains multitudes Marina WarnerFor those who have suffered for and in love this may prove to be one of the most useful books they will ever read Nicholas Lezard GuardianAn extraordinary uncompromising and consoling celebration of a life through childhood faith family love friendship pain and loss written as its author was facing her own mortalityGillian Rose was a star academic acclaimed as one of the most dazzling and original thinkers of her time. Told that she had incurable cancer she found a new way to explore the world and herself. Tender heartbreakingly honest and written with moments of surprising humour Loves Work is the exhilarating result.In this short unforgettable memoir Rose looks back on her childhood from the young dyslexic girl torn between father and stepfather to the adolescent confronting her Jewish inheritance.