Sons use e-books to help virus-stricken dad, other patients
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AP
British Airways
University College London Hospital
Whittington Hospital
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Geoff Woolf
Nicky
Sam
Jane Austen’s
Sam —
Dad
Lisa Anderton
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British
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LONDON
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Summary
Unable to visit, his family could only watch from afar with frustration and dismay.Then sons Nicky, a 33-year-old journalist, and Sam, a 28-year-old actor, had an idea: Maybe literature could help him and other patients.“He always said if he was in hospital for a long time, he would be able to deal if he had a book,” Sam said.The brothers loaded an e-reader with Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice” — “his comfort read,” according to Sam — and played it for their unconscious father.Doctors said, ”‘We can’t tell you he’ll definitely hear it. From the initial donation, Books for Dad has kept growing, and the brothers plan to distribute 5,000 e-readers to British hospitals over the next six months and add books for children and young adults to their content.
As said here by JILL LAWLESS