Unbroken: My Story Of Survival From 7/7 Bombings To Paralympic Success

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Tears of sorrow will roll down your face only to be followed by tears of laughter You will be filled with awe at the unbreakable spirit of Martine Wright' CLARE BALDINGBy turns heart-breaking & heart-warming Unbroken is the remarkable true story of a woman who turned trauma & tragedy into hope The autobiography of 77 bombings survivor & GB Paralympian Martine Wright On the morning of 7th July 2005 Martine Wright's life changed forever As she boarded an eastbound circle line train at Moorgate station amid the busy rush-hour she didn't pay attention to her fellow passengers At 849am one of those passengers detonated a suicide bomb that would kill seven people in the carriage part of a wider attack on London claiming 52 lives that became known as the 77 bombings Martine was in fact the last person to be brought out alive from the atrocities She lost 80 per cent of her blood was in a coma for seven days & underwent ten months of surgery Not only did Martine survive her horrific injuries but having never played sport seriously before she took up sitting volleyball as part of her rehabilitation & went on to represent Great Britain at the Paralympics in London 2012 A deeply poignant moment that signified her triumph over tragedy it marked a journey Martine felt she was destined to make Since then Martine has become a national figure a formidable powerful brilliantly funny hugely engaging heroine who has come back
- almost literally
- from the dead In 2012 she was awarded the Helen Rollason award at the Sports Personality of the Year & in 2015 the Independent voted her one of '50 most powerful women in British Sport' Beyond her phenomenal sporting achievements Martine continues to change the lives of those around her as a charity fundraiser & inspirational speaker