{"product_id":"9781804997703","title":"I Swear","description":"Author:\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781804997703\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: RANDOM HOUSE UK\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 20 Jan 2026\u003cbr\u003ePages: 304\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe book behind the BAFTA-winning biopic, I SWEAR, starring Robert Aramayo - this is John Davidson MBE's astonishingly moving memoir of growing up and learning to live with Tourette's Syndrome.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the remarkable Scottish campaigner, this is the powerful and moving autobiography offering extraordinary insight into what it is like to live with a severe form of Tourette's Syndrome.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE MUST-READ MEMOIR BEHIND THE MAJOR BAFTA AWARD-WINNING FILM, I SWEAR, STARRING ROBERT ARAMAYO.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Funny and heartfelt ... this skilfully told tale deserves praise for how it lets us non-sweary people see inside the ordinary, albeit anxious, mind of someone with Tourette syndrome.' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eTHE TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBorn in the 1970s on the Scottish Borders, John's was ten when his tics first arrived, as if from nowhere. Previously a happy, popular, football-mad boy he was labelled disruptive, rude, and even mad. As his condition progressed, from blinks and jerks to involuntary rude and obscene shouting, John was bullied, rejected - alienated from his family and a society that had no idea what to make of him.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHospitalized and drugged for months, it was only an extraordinary and transformative friendship, and John's dogged optimism, that turned his life around, making\u003ci\u003e I Swear\u003c\/i\u003e an inspirational story of triumph over adversity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThrough John's eyes, we see Tourette's not just as a medical condition, but as a lens through which we can all better understand the importance of human connection. And how essential, as well as ultimately rewarding, it can be to keep going and never give up.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'An astonishing tale about an amazing man.' \u003c\/b\u003e- JOJO MOYES, author of Me Before You and Someone Else's Shoes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'This superb book is an engaging and fascinating account of what it's like to live with Tourette's.'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eDAILY MAIL\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Brave, shocking, funny and moving ... This is a really important book.'\u003c\/b\u003e RACHEL JOYCE, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Homemade God\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46729858285726,"sku":"UBD-9781804997703","price":26.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781804997703.jpg?v=1776651207","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781804997703","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}