Driving Forwards
A Journey of Resilience and Empowerment After Life-Changing Injury
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Driving Forwards
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Narrated by:
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Sophie L. Morgan
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Sophie L. Morgan
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'Everyone should read this book. Sophie Morgan is the epitome of grit and determination. Her writing is thought provoking, honest and in parts hilarious.' Katie Piper OBE
'Wrenchingly honest...eye-opening and deeply moving. *****' Mail on Sunday
As seen on 'Living Wild; How to Change your Life' a two-part prime-time series on Channel 4, Loose Women and The Great Celebrity Bake Off for SU2C
On the precipice of starting her adult life, aged eighteen, Sophie, a rebellious and incorrigible wild child, crashed her car and was instantly paralysed from the chest down. Rushed to hospital, everything she had dreamed for her life was instantly forgotten and her journey to rediscover herself and build a different life began. But being told she would never walk again would come to be the least of her concerns.
Over the next eighteen years, as she strived to come to terms with the change in her body, her relationships were put to the test; she has had to learn to cope with the many unexpected and unpredictable setbacks of living with paralysis; she has had to overcome her own and other people's perceptions of disability and explore the limits of her abilities, all whilst searching for love, acceptance, meaning, identity, and purpose.
Driving Forwards is a remarkable and powerful memoir, detailing Sophie's life-changing injury, her recovery, and her life since. Strikingly honest, her story is unusual and yet relatable, inspiring us to see how adversity can be channelled into opportunity and how ongoing resilience can ultimately lead to empowerment.
'Raw, life affirming and gorgeously written - this book is filled with extraordinary honesty, courage and warmth. Sophie's words will make us all braver and more hopeful.' Daisy Buchanan
'A truly astonishing read about the power of never giving up.' Sun
'F***king hell!! This book is absolutely brilliant . . . One of the best memoirs I've ever read. Honest and so blooming human, it's fantastic.' Kathy Burke©2022 Sophie Morgan Creative Ltd (P)2022 Hachette Audio UK
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- Amazon Customer
- 2023-10-24
Amazing read for sure
Very very good book a most read. Loved this book so much. I would recommend this book for sure
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- Steve
- 2024-02-23
A Memoir Written With The Prose of Master Storyteller
I am only half way through this and feel I need to express this. I am no stranger to these types of memoirs, being disabled myself, they give me hope and help me feel connected to a community. While many are vivid in recounting memories Ms. Morgan goes above and beyond. Her level of detail, description, use of simile, metaphor, and all the tools of the Craft bring this genre of story to a new level. Masterfully woven Sophie Morgan produces a work that invokes imagery while not allowing the reader/listener to become fixated or bored in one spot. She has the perfect balance of story telling, worthy of the Baird and her raw truth as a Memoirist brings us a book that will ensure you read/listen again and again. I, personally hope it is just the first of many.
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