About this title: Richard Hammond is one of our most in-demand and best-loved television presenters. On September 20, 2006, he suffered a serious brain injury following a high-speed car crash, and the nation held its breath. On the Edge is his compelling account of life before and after the accident and an honest description of his year of recovery, full of drama and incident. It is also, perhaps, his explanation of why, as a married man and father of two young daughters, he was prepared to risk all by strapping himself to the front of a jet engine with the power of eleven Formula One cars. A daredevil and a ...
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Publisher: Orion Publishing
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780297853558ISBN:0297853554
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Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson General
Date Published: 2007
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Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson General
Date Published: 2007
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Publisher: Phoenix
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780753824047ISBN:0753824043
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Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson General
Date Published: 2007
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Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson General
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9780297853275ISBN:0297853279
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Publisher: Phoenix
Date Published: 2008
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Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Date Published: 2007
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Date Published: 2007
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Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson General
Date Published: 2007
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Publisher: Phoenix
Date Published: 2008
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Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson General
Date Published: 2007
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Date Published: 2007
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"I've been a huge fan of Top Gear for ages, so it surprised me to learn that Richard Hammond had been in a life-threatening crash during the 2006 season. The book gives a decent background on Hammond, but mainly chronicles the events of the crash and the aftermath--how he and his family deals with a traumatic brain injury.
There's something about a near-death experience, a tale of personal grievance where you think the protagonist might not make it, that shows you and how bloody raw and difficult life can be--even when you haven't crashed a jet-fueled car going 300 miles an hour. The trouble is, Hammond's not that fantastic a writer. He's all right, just a touch boring at times. Luckily, his wife Mindy (with whom the book is co-written) is both sweet and engaging, and keeps you going with how remarkably competent and terrified she was while going through it all. The books has remarkable recall and detail, and is a great read for anyone dealing with a traumatic brain injury, or anyone who is a sucker for coming-back-from-the-brink narratives."
"Oh wee Richard! The bulk of this book is about his car crash, brain injury, and recovery from that, and it's as much his wife Mindy's story as it is his. Appropriately, she narrates her sections of the book and does a great, affecting job. You get a very clear sense of how hard it must be to tend to a loved one with a brain that's out of whack (even with all the resources available to them). This is a brief little abridgment, and I did wonder how much was left out. It's also necessarily not quite as lighthearted or funny as a lot of Hammond's other book but nevertheless has some lovely writing and emotional exploration, and the narration from both of them is very skilled, intimate, and familiar."
It's not only a biography of someone I find fascinating, but also a story of a horrific accident - it's a tale of a man who awakens out of a coma to find himself broken, and his struggles to reclaim the part of him that was taken away. It's a tale of the man's wife, who keeps vigil by his side until he awakes, and then supports him as he goes on a journey to find himself again.
It's utterly beautiful - a real story of strength and love."
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