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Driving Forwards
- A Journey of Resilience and Empowerment After Life-Changing Injury
- Narrated by: Sophie L. Morgan
- Length: 8 hrs and 40 mins
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Summary
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.
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- MelsNextChapter
- 06-05-22
Captivating
A heart-wrenching and beautiful book. You can feel every word Sophie speaks making it even more personal.
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- Katie
- 25-03-22
Fascinating!
Really enjoyed this book and listened over just a couple of days. I had never heard of Sophie before but will now watch out as I’m sure she will continue to live a fascinating and successful life. Great writing and beautifully read.
Have to say that I am amazed it took 10 years for her to even consider the effects of the crash on her passengers! This total lack of empathy or anything resembling guilt was deafening right up to the point that she was forced to think about it for a TV show! Maybe because she blames her pre-crash self who she sees as a different person.
The fantasy day she describes at the end brought tears to my eyes when she mentions her family and reminds us all to be grateful for what we have.
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- Pinksal
- 08-04-23
A steep learning curve !
Well done Sophie … all the grit and determination, alongside awareness raising. I hope the driver awareness training goes from Strength to strength. I’d love to have met ‘carpe diet’ Sarah, she and your mum sound so wonderful.
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- miss H K Sykes
- 22-10-22
Couldn’t put it down…Totally gripped & educated
I loved this book, fast paced, enlightening, and well written. I have learnt so much more about disability, attitudes and the importance of resilience. Everyone will learn something from this book. I know Sophie doesn’t particularly like being called inspiring, but she honestly is inspiring to me….particularly her mental resilience through bed rest for what must have felt like an eternity - how Sophie managed to keep deep depression at bay is testament to her mental strength. Maybe Sophie doesn’t realise just how mentally strong she is compared to the average person. This is a book that will stay with me.
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- Anonymous User
- 25-03-22
A must read
Loved it! Sophie narrating her own story, makes it. You are able to hear her passion, humour and zest for life. A true inspiration overcoming her accident at such a young age. Sophie you are amazing.
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- Laura Husson
- 08-08-22
Honest, real, raw & gripping
First time I’ve ever felt compelled to write a review of an audio book. Sophie writes and speaks in a way that has you feel she’s sharing her story with you personally. I was absolutely gripped from start to finish and the detail in which recovery was covered was just extraordinary.
Sophie, thank you for sharing this with us. As a fully able bodied ally, my eyes are forever opened.
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- Neil Rodford
- 17-05-23
Absolutely Brilliant
What a great book, It’s like riding a rollercoaster and then quietly sipping tea! It provoked many emotions and has been really good company on my holiday!
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- Amazon Customer
- 16-09-23
A must read!
I’d really recommend this book to anyone as Sophie is such an inspiration throughout all she has faced, the life she has carved for herself through such a life changing incident is a credit to her strength and resilience. This book educates the reader on how ableist our society is, poses very real dilemmas on love, loss and friendships. And to Sophie, just keep being you, because the person that you WILL have changed someone’s life, so many lives with all you have done, spoken about and overcome.
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- eric rawlinson
- 21-03-22
Badass!!!
Buying the book is one thing but listening to Sophie narrating it in your own infectious self takes it to another level.
It brings out a "cocktail " of emotions within yourself.
Highly recommended.
No matter where you are in your own journey,
This will give you the inspiration to carry on.
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- Amazon Customer
- 30-03-22
Really powerful listen!
I love reading or listening to other peoples stories. As a person with a lifelong disability, I have found Sophie’s book an absolutely gripping listen. Profoundly honest and no holding back, it really is a must read or listen!
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