Driving Forwards
A Journey of Resilience and Empowerment After Life-Changing Injury
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Driving Forwards
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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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- Anonymous User
- 09-10-2022
Beautiful
Thanks Sophie, so much strength and resilience. It's been a privilege to listen to your story.
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- Amazon Customer
- 02-10-2022
THIS BOOK IS A MUST READ
I just couldnt stop listening, what a moving story. So honest and raw, it was beautiful and I love the work she is doing, a remarkable woman!
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- Anonymous User
- 17-04-2023
Fantastic
I hate to use the word ‘inspiring’ - but as a new member to the SCI club listening to Sophie’s book has given me so much strength. Thanks for being such a tough cookie & sharing your story with the world!
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- Anonymous User
- 20-04-2022
Incredible Book & Life Story!
Once i started listening i just wanted to binge read it all! Real, raw, relatable, saucy, very sad, very funny, very encouraging, more tears, more laughter... the list goes on. All in all i can not recommend this book highly enough.
Besides, Carpe-fking-diem!
-Brooke from Australia - apparently a teenager's parents country of threat lol.
Also, i was going to leave my review at that but this book has encouraged me to be more transparent, to slowly try to loose my safety blanket of wanting to sound like a 'normal, healthy' person.
So, as someone predominantly bed bound from an incurable chronic illness since 18 yrs old, am now 35. I have felt worse from reading books i've read from other people with disabilities as they have been excessively optimistic and inspirational that i just feel worse about myself and my lack of achievements in life. That I don't have a superhuman brain that doesn't spiral and I don't feel like my bodies disease is my greatest blessing in life.
However, this book is different. Sophie has incredible career and philanthropic feats plus personal growths and wisdoms to match. And yet this book of her life comes from a place of realness, of complete honesty and transparency; therefore great relatability. I have never related to somebody else's life and emotional processes so much, as though it was my own diary and thoughts being read aloud despite our circumstances ie injury verse disease being so different. Sophie has been my Frida. I don't even know how to articulate the shift I feel within myself after reading this book, but I am very grateful for it.
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