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Thirty year old epileptic Lily is prickly, up-front honest and down-to-earth practical. Life's not easy but she gets by. Needing no-one and asking for nothing, it's just her and her epilepsy: her constant companion. Then her mother dies, and Lily is drawn back into a world she thought she'd left behind. Forced to renegotiate the boundaries of her life, she realises she has some difficult decisions ahead of her.
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I was diagnosed with Epilepsy in 1995 following surgery to remove a benign brain tumour, and was introduced to Ray by a mutual friend during the research phase of his writing. I have always been very keen to be open about my Epilepsy and help others understand the subtleties of a much misunderstood condition.
I found Ray to be very thorough in his approach to his research, and was indeed impressed by his tenacity in securing interviews with medical professionals and Epilepsy sufferers alike.
The very word ‘Epilepsy’ can cause fear, misunderstanding and conflicting emotions due to a huge number of pre-conceptions about the condition. In reading ‘Electricity’ I was moved to laughter and tears, and not just because I understand the challenges that Epilepsy brings. Through his honest and thorough research and real art for capturing and sharing a character Ray took me on a journey that said so much about the challenges we all face in life. Ray cleverly uses the ‘lens’ of Epilepsy to tell a much bigger story whilst being true to the realities of the condition.
Ray has used some really innovative devices to depict some of the realities of Epilepsy without resorting to straightforward descriptions. This makes his book an experience and not just a read, taking what appears on the page beyond what the written word can convey and sharing a deeper experience with the reader. All this is achieved in a style that makes Lily’s story much more accessible to a broad cross-section of readers.
I truly believe that it is the commitment to research, re-working, planning and artistic integrity that has made Ray successful in this book and I can honestly say I’m waiting with baited breath to see how he could apply the same talent to other challenging and sensitive subjects. It is wonderful to see how art can help in both entertaining and educating an audience and perhaps make the world an easier place for people with ‘difficult’ conditions to be.
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