Diary of a Lone Twin

Hauntingly powerful * Daily Mail *These diary entries fuel this moving exploration into the unique bond between twins and the grief when one dies. * Observer *Poignant and powerful – Caroline Sanderson * The Bookseller *A beautifully written memoir full of poignancy, humour and wisdom. The conceit of using a diary written in the present as a touching off point for the reminiscences works excellently and adds a novelistic richness to what is already a powerful, stirring and uplifting testament to love. – Ray Celestin, award-winning author of The Axeman’s JazzBeautiful, emotional and somehow funny at times…David has put together something really special here, because of course there is such sadness, but mostly, there is love. – Dawn O’PorterThis is as beautiful an account of loss as you will ever read, haunting and at times unbearably heart wrenching. A tribute to a lost brother and an excavation of the human heart in all its shades of light and dark. A gem. – Rebecca FraynA gentle book by a gentle man about the loss of a twin brother. An intimate, searingly honest, deeply upsetting but also uplifting story of loss and love. – Prue Leith

David Loftus is an award-winning and internationally acclaimed photographer. His food photography for the likes of Jamie Oliver, Prue Leith, Rachel Khoo, to name a few, have brought recipes to life for millions of people. In 2012, David published Around the World in 80 Dishes which was his first book under his own name. David grew up as the joint eldest of four siblings in Carshalton Beeches in South London. He lives with his wife in London, when not travelling and photographing the world.