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To Exist As I Am
A Doctor's Notes on Recovery and Radical Acceptance
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What do you do when the life you planned is dramatically interrupted? What does it mean to heal, when the world won't stop asking what's wrong with you? At the age of 22, Grace Spence Green's spine was broken at the fourth thoracic vertebra. One day,...
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To Exist As I Am
A young doctor's life-affirming story of near-death, recovery and radical acceptance
A young doctor's extraordinary story of near-death, recovery and radical acceptance
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What do you do when the life you planned is dramatically interrupted? What does it mean to heal, when the world won't stop asking what's wrong with you? At the age of 22, Grace Spence Green's spine was broken at the fourth thoracic vertebra. One day, she was in hospital supporting patients, the next she was fighting for her own life. To Exist As I Am chronicles her journey from idealistic medical student to spinal-injury patient, to doctor and disabled activist, finding her way back to the wards, and finding her tribe along the way. This life-affirming memoir reframes disability and questions the value we place on independence, in favour of interdependence; the rich networks of care that bind us together, and what love truly looks like. Rather than yearning to be 'fixed', Grace shows how we might fight for change while embracing a joyous life - exactly as we are.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781800814486
Publisher: Profile Books Ltd
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 05 June 2025
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Wellcome Collection
Edition: Main
Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 20.0mm
Width: 132.0mm
Height: 216.0mm
Weight: 336g
Pages: 224
About the Author
Grace Spence Green is a junior doctor working to challenge the narratives surrounding disability, medicine and identity. In 2018, aged 22 and a 4th year medical student, she sustained a spinal cord injury and is now a full-time wheelchair user. Since her life-changing injury, Grace has become a passionate advocate for the disabled community, writing regularly for the BMJ and Guardian and across TV and radio.
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