The book is mostly not a book about physics though, but very much about what it was like to struggle with caring for someone coping with a grave disability, a difficult and not always rewarding task even in this remarkable case of someone who has overcome obstacles and achieved about the highest pinnacle of success possible.
The story of a child growing up in an unhappy family in London after the Second World War, it was the first of a trilogy.
In fact, not much about Mason has been reported on since she and Hawking divorced.
Nurses were hired for the three shifts required to provide the round-the-clock support he required.