The Bone Collector, by Jeffery Deaver, features a forensic criminalist character named Lincoln Rhyme who is a quadriplegic. There are a series of Lincoln Rhyme novels. I only read the Bone Collector, and I enjoyed it. The book was made into a movie. As usual, the book was much better than the movie.
________________________________ From: b Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] SCI Novels Sounds like all the books name so far are either memoirs --among which I really enjoyed Hockenberry's 'Moving Violations', and to which I'd add Jean Dominique Bauby's "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly: A Memoir of a Life in Death" (also an excellent movie in Jim Lubin's list), or fictionalized true stories, like "Take it to the Mountain". Can anyone think of an actual work of fiction with a quad as a main character? thanks, bob >________________________________ > From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> >To: [email protected]; [email protected] >Cc: [email protected] >Sent: Tuesday, June 25, 2013 9:25 PM >Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] SCI Novels > > > >May I suggest, "Last Dance, But Not The Last Song" by Bondi > >Best Wishes > >In a message dated 6/25/2013 8:01:24 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: >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= > >
