You Have Not a Leg to Stand On
β Scribed by Mayers, D D
- Book ID
- 109168029
- Publisher
- Andrews UK
- Year
- 2015
- Tongue
- en-GB
- Weight
- 620 KB
- Category
- Fiction
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β¦ Synopsis
This book tells the story of one manοΏ½s journey from happiness to despair and back again. At thirty-two and at the peak of health, D.D. Mayers lived in a Kenyan paradise with his beautiful wife. Then tragedy struck; an accident left him paralysed from the waist down, destined to spend the rest of his life in a wheelchair.Mayers takes the reader on an emotional yet witty and amusing tour of his life, guiding us from his childhood (and the οΏ½pointlessοΏ½ schooling he receives) through to his emergence as a young man who somehow finds himself earning money as a professional actor. One role takes him to Kenya, where we meet his wonderful wife, and we join the two for a trip through the Middle East, many years before war ravaged much of its warmth and beauty. After moving to London for a number of years, the couple return to Kenya - only for them to experience a life-changing event. The gripping storytelling throughout the book takes us from the authorοΏ½s despair and feelings of worthlessn...
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