Jason Arday


Great and Unfortunate Things

Arday, Jason | GREAT AND UNFORTUNATE THINGS


En fiktiv berättelse som utforskar komplexa teman och känslor i en engagerande narrativ struktur.

  • En inspirerande biografi om Jason Arday.

  • Berättar om motgångar och triumfer i livet.

  • Utgiven som häftat band, 2026.

Utgivningsdatum: 2026-08-27

Bindning: Häftat band

Bokförlag: Simon & Schuster UK
ISBN: 9781398542754

Omfång: 368 s.
Språk: Engelska
Utgivningsdatum: 2026-08-27

Förlagets information

This powerful and intensely moving memoir tells the improbable true story behind the viral news sensation that inspired readers worldwide

'You did it, didn't you, Jason?' Mum asked.
'No, Giff,' I told her. 'We did. We did it . . .'

When Jason Arday was thirty-seven years old, everything changed. He made international news by becoming the youngest Black professor in the almost thousand-year history of the University of Cambridge. But that remarkable achievement is only part of his great and unfortunate tale.

He grew up in a council house in south London with his parents and two brothers. Diagnosed with autism and global developmental delay at the age of three, he spent much of his non-verbal childhood navigating a system that struggled to understand him. Doctors and teachers believed there was 'no one in there'. But Jason's mother, Giff, refused to accept the limits others placed on her son.

With the faith of his family and the support of a handful of extraordinary friends and mentors, Jason slowly found his voice. He spoke his first word at eleven, learned to read at eighteen, and discovered a passion for education and helping others that would transform his life. Along the way there were improbable triumphs and heartbreaking setbacks, tears of joy and moments so painful that laughter was the only option, and more than one occasion when everything seemed poised to fall apart.

Great and Unfortunate Things is an unforgettable book about resilience and love - and the transformative power of someone who believes in you when the world does not.


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