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PRODUCT OVERVIEW
- ISBN 9780008291372
- Categories [2022], Biographies and Memoirs, BX, BXOS, NF BIO, Non-Fiction, Non-Fiction: Humanities
- Author(s) Reid, Melanie
- Publisher Fourth Estate
- Pages 400
- Format Hardcover
- Dimensions 22.2cm x 3.6cm x 14.1cm
- Weight 0.52 kg
product description
Paralysed from the top of her chest down, she was to spend almost a full year in hospital, determinedly working towards gaining as much movement in her limbs as possible, and learning to navigate her way through a world that had previously been invisible to her.
As a journalist Melanie had always turned to words and now, on a spinal ward peopled by an extraordinary array of individuals who were similarly at sea, she decided that writing would be her life-line. The World I Fell Out Of is an account of that year, and of those that followed. It is the untold 'back story' behind Melanie's award-winning 'Spinal Column' in The Times Magazine and a testament to 'the art of getting on with it'.
Unflinchingly honest and beautifully observed, this is a wise and inspiring memoir about risk and dilemma, heroism and love . Above all, The World I Fell Out Of is a reminder that at any moment the life we know can be turned upside down - and a plea to start appreciating what we have while we have it.
