The world I fell out of
Reid, Melanie2019
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On Good Friday 2010, Melanie Reid fell from her horse, breaking her neck and fracturing her lower back. She was 52. 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'.
Main title:
The world I fell out of / Melanie Reid ; foreword by Andrew Marr.
Author:
Reid, Melanie, author
Imprint:
London : 4th Estate, 2019.
Collation:
xvi, 384 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 23 cm
ISBN:
9780008291372 (hbk. :)
Dewey class:
362.43092920 REI920 REIDB REIB REI REI362.43092 REIB-REIB
Language:
English
Related title:
The World I Fell Out Of [electronic resource]
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BRN:
2513070