I've read a few that I'd like to pass along. "My Soul purpose" by Heidi Van Beiltz She became a C5,6 quadriplegic from a car accident while doing a stunt in Hollywood. She was a stunning woman in Hollywood when she had her accident back in the late 1980s early 1990s. She talks about her close relationship with Melanie Griffith and also with Willie Shoemaker. Willie Shoemaker himself was a jockey, he was involved in a single person car accident while drinking and driving he is a C3,4 Quadriplegic. Rating B+
"Joni" by Joni Erickison She became a quadriplegic in a diving accident in 1967. She does a lot of painting owns a radio station and runs a Christian ministry. She also has an amazing website that is definitely worth looking into. She wrote one book before she met her husband and wrote the second book after she met her husband. She also has written about two or three other books on Christianity disability. Rating A "The Other Side of the Mountain Part One" by E.J Valens It's a story about Jill Kinmont who was trying out for the Winter Olympics and broke her neck to C4,5 in 1955 She just passed away this year. There are two books about her one before she met her husband and another one after. There's also a movie that was made about her life. Rating A "The Other Side of the Mountain Part Two" by E.J.Valens Like I mentioned above this book is about when she met her husband and learning to live life as a quadriplegic.She became a schoolteacher when she went to college inCalifornia. Bobbie Sent from my iPad On Jun 24, 2013, at 2:37 PM, Don Price <[email protected]> wrote: > Jim shared his really cool list of movies featuring quadriplegics: > http://www.imdb.com/list/2OTqiWRR9R8/ > > Many of those movies came from novels. I was wondering if any of you have > read any book regarding SCI [fiction or non-fiction.] I'd be interested in > your review, good or bad, regarding any SCI-related novels. > > I have a couple: > > 1. The Dive From Clausen's Pier. Fiction. By Ann Packer. [Also a movie to add > to the list, Jim] > This novel was riveting to me, at the beginning, because I was injured in a > diving accident and the details in this story were eerily similar; so > similar, in fact, that my sister started reading this book but couldn't > continue. However, the character with quadriplegia is really the secondary > protagonist in this novel, so about halfway through it became much less > interesting to me. Still worth a read if you need a beach book this summer. > Grade: B- > > 2. Moving Violations. Non-fiction. By John Hockenberry. > John Hockenberry is an award-winning reporter who has worked for NPR, ABC and > NBC. John is paraplegic since a car accident at age 19, and this is his > memoir. I read this novel about five years ago and found it very > entertaining. John discusses his adjustment to disability, his travels around > the world and some poignant inter-personal relationships. There's one story > involving his ex gf that is so unbelievable I still laugh to myself when I > think about it. The book suffers a bit by its length--at 350+ it could have > used a healthy editing--but overall it was a fun read. > Grade: A- > > 3. Will the Real John Callahan Please Stand Up? Non-Fiction. By John Callahan. > Most of you are probably familiar with the work of cartoonist/quadriplegic > John Callahan. His cartoons are crude drawn, often vulgar and usually > twisted. But, damn, I find them funny! Not everyone will like his acerbic > wit, but this memoir is both tragic and uplifting. I'm looking forward to the > rumored film about his life (John died in 2010 and Robin Williams purchased > the story rights.) > Grade: A
