Wide-Eyed and Legless
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Wide-Eyed and Legless is a 1993 made for TV British drama film directed by Richard Loncraine. It is known in the US as The Wedding Gift.
It is based on the 1989 book Diana's Story by Deric Longden
. It tells the story of his marriage to his wife, Diana, who contracts a chronic, degenerative illness that medical officials were unable to understand at the time (now believed to be Myalgic Encephalomyelitis). As Diana's health faltered, she secretly set him up with another woman to help ease his pain over her eventual death.
It is based on the 1989 book Diana's Story by Deric Longden
Deric longden
Deric Longden is an English writer and autobiographer.He married Diana Hill in 1957 and had two children, Sally and Nick. After various jobs he took over a small women's lingerie factory, but began writing and broadcasting in the 1970s for programmes like Does He Take Sugar? and Woman's Hour on...
. It tells the story of his marriage to his wife, Diana, who contracts a chronic, degenerative illness that medical officials were unable to understand at the time (now believed to be Myalgic Encephalomyelitis). As Diana's health faltered, she secretly set him up with another woman to help ease his pain over her eventual death.