The Magic of the Mask
by Louise Ashby
Category: Biography & Autobiography

Louise Ashby had it all. A talented actress, she had a face most women would give anything for and a bubbling personality that endeared her to everybody she met. Then disaster struck. Driving in Hollywood with a close friend, an elderly driver ploughed his car into hers. Within hours she was undergoing advanced brain surgery. The reconstructive surgery that followed was miraculous. It took many months and nearly a million pounds to complete. This is the story of Louise's terrible accident and the events that followed. It is a heartwarming story of the triumph of medicine and the human spirit against seemingly unsurmountable odds.