Abi Morgan: For Love Nor Pity
One of the UK’s most fearsomely talented screenwriters, Abi Morgan has worked on projects including The Iron Lady and Shame, which garnered both headlines and awards. Today, she reveals her own powerful story of survival. In This is Not a Pity Memoir, Morgan describes her partner Jacob’s sudden devastating illness. Gripping, heartbreaking and frequently funny, discover an account brimming with honesty and love in an event chaired by author and journalist Sam Baker.
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