The inspirational memoir from Paralympian and disability advocate Anne Wafula Strike
Struck down with polio at the age of two and a half, Anne overcame the prejudice rife in her native village in Kenya, where neighbours believed she was cursed and called her a snake because of her disability, which left her paralysed below the waist.
Losing her mother at a tender age, and sent to a school far away from home, she achieved fantastic academic results, amidst the challenges of a military coup. She went to university and qualified as a teacher, and fell in love with a British man who truly valued her defiant spirit.
She moved from a world with no running water to make a life for herself in modern Britain. Where, against all odds, she bore a child, and went on to being the first East African to compete in her sport internationally. Anne is currently in further training, hoping to represent Great Britain at the 2012 Paralympics.
| ISBN: | 9780007354283 |
| Publication date: | 15th September 2010 |
| Author: | Anne Wafula Strike |
| Publisher: | HarperTrue an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 277 pages |
| Series: | My Story |
| Genres: |
True stories of heroism, endurance and survival Autobiography: sport Coping with / advice about physical impairments / disability Disability: social aspects Rehabilitation African history Sports training and coaching Parasport Memoirs |