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Still Me
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Description for Still Me
Paperback. Through his leading role in four "Superman" films, Christopher Reeve became very closely identified with the superhero. But his riding accident which left him paralysed from the neck down showed he wasn't superhuman. However, he refuses to resign himself to the life of a quadriplegic. Num Pages: 336 pages, 16. BIC Classification: APF; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 244.
Through his leading role in the three Superman films, Christopher Reeve became so closely identified with the superhero that he wasn't just seen as the actor who played Superman, he was Superman. Which is why the tragic riding accident which left him paralysed from the neck down shocked the world. Superman was not superhuman. It is also why he is now the world's most recognisable person in a wheelchair. In true superhero style, Christopher Reeve refuses to resign himself to the life of a quadriplegic, and is actively campaigning to raise the profile of spinal-cord injury victims and research. Although ... Read more
Through his leading role in the three Superman films, Christopher Reeve became so closely identified with the superhero that he wasn't just seen as the actor who played Superman, he was Superman. Which is why the tragic riding accident which left him paralysed from the neck down shocked the world. Superman was not superhuman. It is also why he is now the world's most recognisable person in a wheelchair. In true superhero style, Christopher Reeve refuses to resign himself to the life of a quadriplegic, and is actively campaigning to raise the profile of spinal-cord injury victims and research. Although ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Arrow
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099257288
SKU
V9780099257288
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-99
About Headline Publishing Group
Christopher Reeve established a reputation as one of America's leading actors through his role as the world's favourite superhero, Superman. After being paralysed in an accident in an equestrian competition in 1995, he put a human face on spinal cord injury. Reeve was chairman of the board of the Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation (CRPF) and vice chairman of the National ... Read more
Reviews for Still Me
A story of enormous depth: honest, intelligent and compelling. I have rarely read anything as moving
Sunday Times
Brave, funny and deeply moving
Sunday Telegraph
Fascinating and utterly lacking in self-pity
Guardian
Through his honesty, dignity, and clarity of purpose, Reeve has created an involving book and a meaningful life
New York Times ... Read more
Sunday Times
Brave, funny and deeply moving
Sunday Telegraph
Fascinating and utterly lacking in self-pity
Guardian
Through his honesty, dignity, and clarity of purpose, Reeve has created an involving book and a meaningful life
New York Times ... Read more