'A book that'll change your perspective on life. You'll not be able to
put it down.' Fearne Cotton
'Inspirational, eye-opening and deeply moving.' Mail on Sunday
As seen on 'Living Wild; How to Change your Life' a two-part prime-time
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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.
