My review today is for Love and Justice
a
memoir by Diana Morgan-Hill.
a
memoir by Diana Morgan-Hill. |
| Love and Justice |
Diana writes with honesty and (believe it or
not) humour about the accident that took her from a tall, leggy, high-flying
businesswoman to a vulnerable victim coming to terms with losing both her legs;
a train in a station, a passenger in a hurry, an inattentive guard, a life
changed forever.
There is despair, pain (both physical and emotional),
but more than anything there is bucket loads of determination that showed she
may have lost her legs, but there was still a lot of life left in her.
Following the accident, there was much more for Diana to cope with than
just coming to terms with the physical changes. There was the prejudice she encountered
as a wheelchair user, the guilt she felt at the grief and suffering she caused
her loved ones by being in the wrong place at the wrong time and having worked
in the TV industry where image is everything, her career was unexpectedly in
danger too. Diana showed that you don’t know how deep your reserves are until
you have to dredge right to the bottom. What I found the most disturbing was the way she was treated by the legal teams. Unfair doesn’t even come close.
Then there are the positives, the love she felt
from those around her, even when they didn’t always know the right thing to
say, but supported her by being with her and the experiences that she has had in the last twenty years that outweigh the what-ifs and lost opportunities.
This is not an easy to book to read in places but it is a story that will stick
in your head for a long time.
Love and Justice
is available in ebook and
paperback format and is published by Blackbird Digital Books. Amazon links can
be found below.
is available in ebook and
paperback format and is published by Blackbird Digital Books. Amazon links can
be found below.
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