LUCKY EB
About this book
'What a story and what an inspirational human. Ed is a total legend.' Joe Wicks
'A life-affirming story . . . inspirational' Tim Peake
As seen in the Daily Mail
From tragedy to triumph, one step at a time – an inspirational story of triumph over adversity against the odds
At just 28 years old, Ed Jackson was told he would never walk again. After a miscalculated dive into a pool, he suffered multiple cardiac arrests, a broken neck and a partially severed spinal cord. Lying paralysed in intensive care, the former rugby player knew his life would never be the same. But he wasn't ready to give up hope.
Driven by relentless determination, Ed embarked on an incredible journey to independence. Millimetre by millimetre, he began to regain movement in his fingers and toes. Defying the expectations of even the most optimistic doctors, step by step, Ed began to walk again.
Fuelled by a renewed appreciation for life and a determination to help others suffering similar injuries to his own, Ed set his sights on a new challenge: mountaineering. Embarking on a gruelling climb to raise funds for a spinal unit in Kathmandu, Ed realises that, once again, the odds are stacked against him. Will he be able to overcome his own life-changing injury and transform others' lives for the better?
Lucky is the story of how Ed faced the impossible when it seemed all hope was lost, and shows how you, too, can overcome the biggest challenges that life sends your way.
Lucky was a Sunday Times bestseller in the w/b August 9th 2021
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Note to Readers
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Chapter 1: No Diving
- Chapter 2: The Finger
- Chapter 3: Wiggling
- Chapter 4: The ‘F’ Word
- Chapter 5: On Tour
- Chapter 6: The Long Road
- Chapter 7: Second Time for Firsts
- Chapter 8: Roll With It (But Not All the Time)
- Chapter 9: Rough With the Smooth
- Chapter 10: The Small Stuff
- Chapter 11: Homeward Bound
- Chapter 12: New York, New York!
- Chapter 13: The Only Way is Up …
- Chapter 14: New Chapter
- Chapter 15: Snow and Sun
- Chapter 16: A Fireman and a Ballerina
- Chapter 17: Ice Breaker
- Chapter 18: Pathways
- Chapter 19: One Year Later
- Chapter 20: Lucky
- Acknowledgements
- Picture Section
- About the Publisher
