![]() Instead I rang the botanical gardens in Edinburgh and was told to seek urgent medical help. ‘There it was, a perfect match to the one in my hand and labelled ‘‘deadly poisonous’’. ‘I looked them up in the book.’ He pauses again, the enormity of his mistake writ large on his face. Tranquil: Altyre Estate, where Nick picked the deadly mushrooms ‘After lunch I went for an hour’s run, losing myself in the beautiful countryside, followed by a swim in the river.’ It was,’ he says slowly, ‘a momentary suspension of doubt.’ ‘There was a book in the kitchen but – tragically – we never consulted it. I have picked mushrooms for years and, if I am the slightest bit unsure, always carefully check in at least one book. ‘I am naturally a very cautious person and always on the look-out for danger. Luckily none of the four children wanted to try them.ĭoctors told us afterwards that if they had, the mushrooms would have killed them.’ He pauses and draws breath. They tasted slightly bitter but Alastair and I had lots, the two women not so many. The four adults ate them sitting outside. ‘So I cut them up and cooked them in butter and parsley. ‘I took the mushrooms back to the house, showed them around and the general comment was,“Fantastic!”,’ he says. The Evanses are good friends of mine, but it is only now, two years later, that Nick feels able to talk even privately of the fateful mistake of August 23, 2008. Only Louisa, who ate a tiny amount, doesn’t need dialysis. Both men are waiting for a transplant kidney.ĭoctors say Charlotte, 52, will need one in future. ![]() Nick, Charlotte and Sir Alastair have been kept alive by long sessions of dialysis. The long-term effects, too, have been life-changing. It is not just that the immediate symptoms of the poisoning – nausea followed by acute renal failure – caused his nearest and dearest so much agony. It is clear that this is a painful subject for Nick, 60, whose most famous novel The Horse Whisperer sold more than 15 million copies worldwide and was made into a film by Robert Redford.Ĭatastrophic error: The deadly webcap, left, which Nick mistook for edible ceps, above Nick is a cautious man, a keen cook and nature lover who has picked and eaten wild mushrooms without incident for many years.īut the following day, the author, his wife – the singer-songwriter Charlotte Gordon Cumming – his brother-in-law Sir Alastair Gordon-Cumming and his wife Lady Louisa were all in hospital as a result of this error. Nick had unwittingly harvested a similar species, Cortinarius speciosissimus – or deadly webcap as they are commonly known, with good reason. But crucially, his basket was not actually filled with Boletus edulis, as ceps are officially known. Nick picked around a pound of the nut-brown fungi. There, in the shade of an old pine forest, was a dew-fresh crop of woodland mushrooms he been told were chanterelles and ceps, or porcini, which are prized for their flavour. Both still rely on dialysis to stay alive If you aren't scared to feel all of the feelings, read this.Recovering from a nightmare: Nicholas Evans and his wife Charlotte. Some parts of the story were devastating and some parts were magical. ![]() The reading experience will make the movie version even better' Five stars, Goodreads reviewer 'Easily in my top 5 books I have ever read. If you've seen the movie, do yourself a favour and read the book. But don't miss this gem for anything' Five stars, Goodreads reviewer 'A beautiful story, beautifully told. Nicholas Evans spins a heart wrenching epic love story. _ What everyone's saying about The Horse Whisperer: 'A book that couldn't have been written any better. ![]() This journey, under the sweeping Montana sky, will change all their lives for ever. He is her last hope and she decides to abandon her life in upstate New York, setting off across the continent with Grace and Pilgrim to find him. Beside herself with worry, Grace's mother, Annie Macean, hears about a man called Tom Brooker, a 'whisperer' said to possess the gift of healing troubled horses. Though both manage to survive the tragedy, the impact on their lives is devastating both horse and girl are traumatised and profoundly changed. a tear-jerking page-turner' Daily Mail _ When Grace Maclean and her beloved horse, Pilgrim, are hit by a truck one snow-covered morning, their destinies become inextricably bound to one another. 'A love story, a gripping adventure and an emotionally charged tale of redemption and human strength' Cosmopolitan 'Brilliance pervades this five-handkerchief weepie' The Times 'Wild horses couldn't drag me from this. This stunning 25th anniversary edition features exclusive new content from Nicholas Evans. Klappentext zu „The Horse Whisperer “ The phenomenal number one bestseller, which sold over twenty million copies and was made into a classic film starring Robert Redford and Scarlett Johansson.
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