Knowing she would narrate it later back in the house, Florence would have to tell the story a different way. That instinct to reshape the unbearable into something legible sits at the core of Nightingale.
At the heart of Richard Flanaganâs memoir is a reflection on the profound connections and choices that intertwine lives across generations, revealing both a legacy of trauma and resilience.
My therapist tells me it is seasonal memory. I find it a bit strange, since in the southern hemisphere where I now live, there are no cherry blossoms blooming as they are now in Herbert Park.
Mr Aguiar tells BBC Breakfast he talks to Alice when he's running alone. "I tell her to keep going with me, that we're going to do this together, you're going to be with me - always."