2: Water fights. 2390: People who can't sing but don't realize it or don't care. 993: Eating dessert as a main course.
She is seven when her mother tries to take her own life. Seventeen on the second attempt. How do you deal with it as a child when your mother forgets what's worth living for? You write a list. With everything that is beautiful. 201: Hammocks. 992: Knowing that you have to rattle your keys in the wildlife park for the otters to appear. 9994: Friendly cats. 777777: The prospect of dressing up as a Mexican wrestler. A life list to combat the sadness that is slowly creeping into your own life. A list to carry on to the number 1000000 - and beyond. Duncan Macmillan has written a monologue that is deadly serious and funny, unsentimental and at the same time deeply moving. A monologue for survival.