Publisher details

Author: Neale Daniher
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Genres: Biography and Memoir, Self Improvement, True Story
Released: 24 October, 2019
ISBN: 9781760787882

When All is Said & Done

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Synopsis

Neale Daniher sat down to pen a letter to the grandchildren he’ll never get to know. And then he kept on writing… When All is Said & Done is a memoir of epic proportions. In 2013, the AFL legend was diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease – a cruel and incurable condition. He had a choice. He could spend his remaining time focused on himself, or he could seize the opportunity to make a better future for others.Neale chose to stare down the disease he calls ‘The Beast’, and in 2014 he co-founded FightMND, an organisation that has since invested over $40 million into research and care initiatives. In 2015, he became the public face of the foundation’s biggest fundraising event, The Big Freeze.When All is Said & Done is a book of stories and wisdom from a man who has always held his beliefs to the Bunsen burner of life. Neale is unflinchingly honest, sharing a timely reminder that, even though life doesn’t promise to be fair, we all have the power to choose how to make our time on this earth matter.

About the author

Neale Daniher

NEALE DANIHER AM was born in 1961 in Ungarie, a tiny town in New South Wales, the third of eleven children. A talented all-round sportsman, Neale's passion was Australian Rules; he played for Essendon Football Club in a promising but injury-plagued career between 1979 and 1990. He was part of the famous Daniher football dynasty: four brothers from the bush who played a combined 752 VFL/AFL games.In football, his off-field achievements are in coaching at Essendon, Fremantle and Melbourne football clubs, as inaugural CEO of the AFL Coaches Association, and as general manager of football operations with the West Coast Eagles.Neale co-founded FightMND in 2014 after he was diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease. The foundation raises awareness and vital funds for research to find a cure and better treatment for 'The Beast' that takes two lives every day in Australia.In 2016, Neale received a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) award for services to community health and to Australian Rules football.He and his wife, Jan, live in Melbourne and are the proud parents of Lauren, Luke, Bec and Ben.