**The inspiring memoir for young readers about a Latina rocket scientist whose early life was transformed by joining the Girl Scouts and who currently serves as CEO of the Girl Scouts of the USA.** A meningitis outbreak in their underprivileged neighborhood left Sylvia Acevedoโs family forever alte
Never Broken: My Journey from the Horrors of Iraq to the Birth of My Miracle Baby
โ Scribed by Campbell, Hannah
- Book ID
- 108917729
- Publisher
- John Blake Publishing
- Year
- 2015
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 196 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9781784188047
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โฆ Synopsis
When a bomb blast buried Corporal Hannah Campbell alive while she was serving in Iraq it was the start of an incredible journey of self-discovery. From the collapse of her marriage, to suffering horrific post-traumatic stress disorder, becoming morbidly obese, addicted to prescription drugs and suicidal, she went to hell and back.
Hannah, who left her toddler at home to go to war, then made the extraordinary decision to amputate her own badly damaged leg so she could learn to live again and be a mum to her four-year-old daughter Milly.
Within hours of waking up from the amputation she announced she would fulfil her dream of running the London Marathon even though at that time she was unable to walk.
Just two months later she put on her first of many prosthetic legs and crossed the finishing line, running into the arms of her beloved young daughter. This spurred her to lose half her body weight before spending her army compensation on a ยฃ52,000 cosmetic...
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