Driving Forwards
An inspirational memoir of resilience and empowerment after life-changing injury
- Paperback
304 pages
- Release Date
23 August 2022
Summary
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 c…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780751582239 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0751582239 |
| Author: | Sophie L. Morgan |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Sphere |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 23 August 2022 |
| Weight: | 360g |
| Dimensions: | 232mm x 150mm x 26mm |
| Series: | Language Acts and Worldmaking |
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A book that’ll change your perspective on life. You’ll not be able to put it down.– Fearne Cotton
A book that’ll change your perspective on life. You’ll not be able to put it down. * Fearne Cotton *
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 *
Wrenchingly honest…inspirational, eye-opening and deeply moving * Mail on Sunday *
About The Author
Sophie L. Morgan
Sophie is an award-winning disability advocate, inclusion consultant and one of the first, and only, female disabled television hosts in the world.
Sophie is determined to channel her adversity into opportunity and she sees her challenges as a unique chance for creativity, she has become the ultimate agent for change, voted in the Top 10 most influential people with a disability in the UK three years in a row.
She is best known for her role as one of the lead presenters of the Paralympic Games (Channel 4) for nearly a decade. In addition to sports broadcasting, she fronts her own travel series (Living Wild), consumer and current affairs documentaries (Dispatches & Unreported World) and is a well-known television personality (ITV’s ‘Loose Women’).
Sophie is Global Ambassador for brands such as Toyota and Can-Am, and has consulted for international companies such as Target, Virgin Media, Air BnB, John Lewis and more. She is also patron of several charities (Scope, Back Up), Global Ambassador for Women’s Rights and Inclusive Education for Leonard Cheshire and on the Special Advisory Committee for Human Rights Watch, on behalf of whom she spoke at the United Nations.
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