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Ruth Fitzmaurice
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Ruth Fitzmaurice

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Ruth Fitzmaurice was a radio researcher and producer when she married her husband, Simon, in 2004 and had three children. In 2008, Simon was diagnosed with ALS and given three years to live. Simon went into respiratory failure in 2010 and was accidentally placed on a ventilator during an emergency procedure. He decided against medical advice to keep the ventilator; Ruth and Simon went on to have twins in 2012. She lives in Greystones, Ireland, with her five children, two dogs and two cats.

Books by Ruth Fitzmaurice

I Found My Tribe

A beautiful and heart-breaking account of how Ruth Fitzmaurice found a way to carry on living in the face of tragedy

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