{"product_id":"9780008291402_the-world-i-fell-out-of","title":"The World I Fell Out Of","description":"\u003ch2\u003eThe Sunday Times Bestseller\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the award-winning writer of \u003cem\u003eThe Times Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e's 'Spinal Column': a deeply moving, darkly funny, inspirational memoir\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e‘It’s beautiful – full of love and light – and an exploration into not only how, but why we survive, despite everything’ Christie Watson, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Language of Kindness\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn Good Friday, 2010 Melanie Reid fell from her horse, breaking her neck and fracturing her lower back. She was 52.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eParalysed from the top of her chest down, she was to spend almost a full year in hospital, determinedly working towards gaining as much movement in her limbs as possible, and learning to navigate her way through a world that had previously been invisible to her.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs a journalist Melanie had always turned to words and now, on a spinal ward peopled by an extraordinary array of individuals who were similarly at sea, she decided that writing would be her life-line. \u003cem\u003eThe World I Fell Out Of \u003c\/em\u003eis an account of that year, and of those that followed. It is the untold ‘back story’ behind Melanie’s award-winning ‘Spinal Column’ in \u003cem\u003eThe Times Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e and a testament to ‘the art of getting on with it’.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnflinchingly honest and beautifully observed, this is a wise and inspiring memoir about risk and dilemma, heroism and love . Above all, \u003cem\u003eThe World I Fell Out Of\u003c\/em\u003e is a reminder that at any moment the life we know can be turned upside down – and a plea to start appreciating what we have while we have it.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Melanie Reid","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47276819775637,"sku":"9780008291402","price":9.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9780008291402.jpg?v=1776890116","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9780008291402_the-world-i-fell-out-of","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}