The World I Fell Out Of

From the award-winning writer of 's 'Spinal Column': a deeply moving, darkly funny, inspirational memoirThe Times Magazine

‘It’s beautiful – full of love and light – and an exploration into not only how, but why we survive, despite everything’ Christie Watson, author ofThe Language of Kindness

On Good Friday, 2010 Melanie Reid fell from her horse, breaking her neck and fracturing her lower back. She was 52.

Paralysed 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.

As 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. is an account of that year, and of those that followed. It is the untold ‘back story’ behind Melanie’s award-winning ‘Spinal Column’ in and a testament to ‘the art of getting on with it’.The World I Fell Out OfThe Times Magazine

Unflinchingly honest and beautifully observed, this is a wise and inspiring memoir about risk and dilemma, heroism and love . Above all, 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.The World I Fell Out Of

The Sunday Times Bestseller