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So Many Everests: From Cerebral Palsy to Casualty Consultant
Diana Webster
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Description for So Many Everests: From Cerebral Palsy to Casualty Consultant
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Victoria Webster was born with cerebral palsy and that meant, for many of those involved in her education, that she should limit her horizons. But Victoria had her eyes, and her heart, set on a high peak of achievement to be a doctor. And, despite everything she tackled taking her longer than most of her peers, despite assurances that her patients would object, despite suggestions that she give up, she persevered and became not only a Casualty Consultant but the first Casualty Consultant in Sweden. Surrounded by loving family from her birth onwards, Victoria's story is also her mother's, Diana's ... Read more
Victoria Webster was born with cerebral palsy and that meant, for many of those involved in her education, that she should limit her horizons. But Victoria had her eyes, and her heart, set on a high peak of achievement to be a doctor. And, despite everything she tackled taking her longer than most of her peers, despite assurances that her patients would object, despite suggestions that she give up, she persevered and became not only a Casualty Consultant but the first Casualty Consultant in Sweden. Surrounded by loving family from her birth onwards, Victoria's story is also her mother's, Diana's ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Lion UK
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745955957
SKU
V9780745955957
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Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50
About Diana Webster
Diana Webster (Author) Diana Webster is a retired University lecturer and writer, who taught English Language and Literature at Helsinki University. she combined this with working for Finnish radio and TV, and has also written over one hundred textbooks. She has written award-winning radio plays for adults, and had magazine articles published in the UK and the US. ... Read more
Reviews for So Many Everests: From Cerebral Palsy to Casualty Consultant
`This is easily the most moving book I have read.'
Katherine Whitehorn, journalist and columnist
Katherine Whitehorn, journalist and columnist