Title: Still Me
Description: For the first time Christopher Reeve tells the full story of both his paralysis, and his journey to recovery.Through his leading role in the three 'Superman' films, Christopher Reeve became so closely identified with the superhero that he wasn't just seen as the actor who played Superman, he was Superman. Which is why the tragic riding accident which left him paralysed from the neck down shocked the world. Superman was not superhuman. It is also why he is now the world's most recognisable person in a wheelchair. In true super-hero style, Christopher Reeve refuses to resign himself to the life of a quadriplegic, and is actively campaigning to raise the profile of spinal-cord injury victims and research. Although he was initially told that he would only ever be able to move his head, he can now shrug his shoulders and breathe alone for increasing periods of time, and is determined that he will walk again. It is this extraordinary courage and determination that has made Christopher Reeve the internationally admired, inspiring figure he is, and it is this bravery which will make his autobiography the biography of 1998 as, for the first time, he tells the full story of both his paralysis, and his journey to recovery.
Subjects: Biography, Quadriplegics, Actors, Biography & Autobiography, Nonfiction, Performing Arts, Personal Narratives, Quadriplegia, Famous Persons, Large type books, New York Times reviewed, Reeve, christopher, 1952-2004, People with disabilities, biography, Actors, biography, Actors, united states
Places: United States
People: Christopher Reeve (1952-), Christopher Reeve (1952-2004)