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Driving Forwards
- Author
- Sophie L Morgan
- Narrator
- Sophie L Morgan
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Publish Date
- 17 March 2022
- Run Time
- 8 hours 40 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Memoirs, Disability: social aspects, Travel writing, Autobiography: sport, Women’s health, Rehabilitation: brain and spinal injuries
- Rating
- 5.0 (1 review)
What to expect
'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
Critics Review
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A book that'll change your perspective on life. You'll not be able to put it down.
Fearne Cotton
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What I love about this book is it's not about "overcoming disability". Instead, it's about learning how to live a good disabled life - one full of friends, love, opportunities and fun. Disabled joy is so rarely seen, but Sophie Morgan has it in spades.
Lucy Webster, Political journalist, writer and disability advocate
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Wrenchingly honest...inspirational, eye-opening and deeply moving
Mail on Sunday
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Details
- Author
- Sophie L Morgan
- Narrator
- Sophie L Morgan
- Duration
- 8 hours 40 minutes
- Release Date
- 17 March 2022
- ISBN
- 9781405548649
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Genre
- Memoirs, Disability: social aspects, Travel writing, Autobiography: sport, Women’s health, Rehabilitation: brain and spinal injuries
- Rating
- 5.0(1 review)
- Narration
- 5.0(1 review)
Synopsis
'A book that'll change your perspective on life. You'll not be able to put it down.' Fearne Cotton'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 SundayAs 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 SU2COn 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
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