After the Crash

'In the pit of my stomach, as I kissed my four-year-old son Lio and my darling wife Sasha goodbye, I knew something was up. By that evening, the police had told me about the crash.

'Lio's bright and talented mother was killed that day, and he narrowly escaped the same fate. But instead of it being an ending for us, the crash was a beginning.

'Lio's miraculous recovery from severe brain damage and a coma defied medical science. As I witnessed his astonishing journey - from intensive care bed to 10 Downing Street - and fought to pull him through horrific injuries and the loss of his mother, I found real purpose and meaning for the first time in my life.'

After the Crash is much more than a moving personal story. It's a handbook for dealing with disaster, not just surviving it but mastering it and using it to transform your life for the better.

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After the Crash

'In the pit of my stomach, as I kissed my four-year-old son Lio and my darling wife Sasha goodbye, I knew something was up. By that evening, the police had told me about the crash.

'Lio's bright and talented mother was killed that day, and he narrowly escaped the same fate. But instead of it being an ending for us, the crash was a beginning.

'Lio's miraculous recovery from severe brain damage and a coma defied medical science. As I witnessed his astonishing journey - from intensive care bed to 10 Downing Street - and fought to pull him through horrific injuries and the loss of his mother, I found real purpose and meaning for the first time in my life.'

After the Crash is much more than a moving personal story. It's a handbook for dealing with disaster, not just surviving it but mastering it and using it to transform your life for the better.

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After the Crash

After the Crash

by Martin Spinelli
After the Crash

After the Crash

by Martin Spinelli

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Overview

'In the pit of my stomach, as I kissed my four-year-old son Lio and my darling wife Sasha goodbye, I knew something was up. By that evening, the police had told me about the crash.

'Lio's bright and talented mother was killed that day, and he narrowly escaped the same fate. But instead of it being an ending for us, the crash was a beginning.

'Lio's miraculous recovery from severe brain damage and a coma defied medical science. As I witnessed his astonishing journey - from intensive care bed to 10 Downing Street - and fought to pull him through horrific injuries and the loss of his mother, I found real purpose and meaning for the first time in my life.'

After the Crash is much more than a moving personal story. It's a handbook for dealing with disaster, not just surviving it but mastering it and using it to transform your life for the better.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781780573670
Publisher: Mainstream Publishing Company, Limited
Publication date: 05/24/2012
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 352
File size: 3 MB

About the Author

Martin Spinelli is a senior lecturer in the School of Media, Film and Music at the University of Sussex. He has authored dozens of essays in anthologies and journals such as Postmodern Culture, Convergence and The International Journal of Cultural Studies. His innovative radio features and his series LINEbreak and Radio Radio have been heard on BBC Radio, as well as on stations around the world.

Table of Contents

Part 1

In the Mountains 13

Where to Be 32

The Crash 53

Reviving Lio 78

A Storm Diary 92

Part 2

Chocolate Mousse 115

Time with Sasha 137

Nissan Micra v. Scania Lorry 155

Telling Your Child 170

Part 3

The Media and the Victim Statement 195

A Burglary 223

Counting the Taxis 235

Part 4

Number 10 247

Io Spio 274

40 Years 298

Dear Mr Vandermeulen 315

Tackling Giants 318

A Beacon 334

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