Issue Details: First known date: 2007... 2007 One Unknown : A Powerful account of Survival and One Woman's Inspirational Journey to a New Life
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'Australian-born Gill Hicks was on her way to work on a Piccadilly line train on 7 July 2005 when a terrorist bomb exploded in the carriage in which she was travelling. Amazingly, and against all the odds, she survived the blast, but due to the injuries she sustained her legs had to be amputated.

'In this moving memoir Gill recounts the events of that day, from facing the very real prospect that she might die and her subsequent fight to live, to later coming to terms with losing her legs and living life as a disabled person. The book includes excerpts from the diary she wrote during her rehabilitation, an account of her wedding day in December 2005, and traces the journey of her extraordinary recovery.' (Publisher's blurb)

Notes

  • Dedication: This book is dedicated to all the extraordinary people who have entered my life since July 7 2005...
  • Dedication: With admiration and love to: Maurice de Rohan, AO, OBE, 1936-2006

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      Rodale ,
      2007 .
      Extent: xi, 240p., [16]p. of platesp.
      Description: illus., ports
      ISBN: 9781405099899 (hbk.), 9781905744114 (pbk.)

Works about this Work

Books Non-Fiction Reg Anderson , 2007 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 2 - 3 June 2007; (p. 24)

— Review of One Unknown : A Powerful account of Survival and One Woman's Inspirational Journey to a New Life Gill Hicks , 2007 single work autobiography
Memoir Kathy Hunt , 2007 single work review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 22 May vol. 125 no. 6570 2007; (p. 65)

— Review of One Unknown : A Powerful account of Survival and One Woman's Inspirational Journey to a New Life Gill Hicks , 2007 single work autobiography
Memoir Kathy Hunt , 2007 single work review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 22 May vol. 125 no. 6570 2007; (p. 65)

— Review of One Unknown : A Powerful account of Survival and One Woman's Inspirational Journey to a New Life Gill Hicks , 2007 single work autobiography
Books Non-Fiction Reg Anderson , 2007 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 2 - 3 June 2007; (p. 24)

— Review of One Unknown : A Powerful account of Survival and One Woman's Inspirational Journey to a New Life Gill Hicks , 2007 single work autobiography
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