Walking papers, the accident that changed my life, and the business that got me back on my feet, Francesco Clark
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Walking papers, the accident that changed my life, and the business that got me back on my feet, Francesco Clark
Language
eng
resource.biographical
autobiography
Index
no index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Walking papers
Oclc number
430678971
Responsibility statement
Francesco Clark
Sub title
the accident that changed my life, and the business that got me back on my feet
Summary
The author describes his inspiring recovery after a late-night dive into the shallow end of a pool rendered him paralyzed from the neck down, a recovery that has shattered the dim prospects his doctors predicted and also yielded a successful skin-care business, Clark's Botanicals
Table Of Contents
Foreword by Alexandra Reeve Givens -- Prologue -- Baby steps. Before ; Breathing, somehow ; I sing, therefor I breathe ; Unhooked ; Starting therapy ; The new routine ; Jumping the curb ; Madonna ; Mrs. Mulleavy ; Moving on ; Adaptation ; The elephant in the room ; One year on -- The next step. Hey, look who's walking! ; A doctor's son ; The Reeve effect ; Learning to stand my ground ; Touchdown ; Post-op ; Detroit -- Stepping out. What now? ; Jasmine absolute ; What do you want to do today? ; Connecting the dots ; Twenty-nine ; The new sensation ; The Reeve Foundation ; Regeneration -- Epilogue: Here today
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Creator
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- Diving accidents -- United States
- Spinal cord + Wounds and injuries + Patients + Rehabilitation
- Businessmen -- United States -- Biography
- Therapeutics, Experimental -- United States
- Clark, Francesco, 1978-
- Spinal cord + Wounds and injuries + Physical therapy
- Skin + Care and hygiene -- United States
- Herbal cosmetics -- United States
- Quadriplegics -- United States -- Biography
- Spinal cord + Wounds and injuries + Patients -- United States -- Biography
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- Diving accidents -- United States
- Spinal cord + Wounds and injuries + Patients + Rehabilitation
- Businessmen -- United States -- Biography
- Therapeutics, Experimental -- United States
- Clark, Francesco, 1978-
- Spinal cord + Wounds and injuries + Physical therapy
- Skin + Care and hygiene -- United States
- Herbal cosmetics -- United States
- Quadriplegics -- United States -- Biography
- Spinal cord + Wounds and injuries + Patients -- United States -- Biography
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