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Dare to Fly by Janine Shepherd
Category: Fiction
On a warm Autumn day in 1986, Janine Shepherd's life was changed forever. Her dreams of representing Australia in the Winter Olympics were shattered when she was hit by a truck during a cycling training session in the Blue Mountains. Her neck and back were broken in four places, as were her right arm, c ...Show more
Defiant - A Broken Body is Not A Broken by Janine Shepherd
Category: Biography
"As I looked back over the landscape of my life, and the many setbacks I had endured, I saw that every loss also offered a gift, even if I didn't recognize it at the time. Whenever I was called upon to loosen my grip on some cherished part of my life, I was consequently given the opportunity to start ag ...Show more
Defiant: A Broken Body is Not a Broken Person by Janine Shepherd
Category: Biography
An Exhilarating True Story of Unstoppable Perseverance on the Journey to Healing As I looked back over the landscape of my life, and the many setbacks I had endured, I saw that every loss also offered a gift, even if I didn t recognize it at the time. Whenever I was called upon to loosen my grip on s ...Show more
Never Tell Me Never by Janine Shepherd
Category: Biography and Memoir
Janine Shepherds story reads like the plot of a Hollywood movie. A champion cross country skier in training for the Winter Olympics, her life was irrevocably altered during a bike ride to the Blue Mountains when she was hit by a truck. Her neck and back were broken in four places, as were her right arm, ...Show more
On My Own Two Feet by Janine Shepherd
Category: Biography
In 1986, champion cross-country skier Janine Shepherd was training for the Winter Olympics when she was hit by a truck and suffered life-threatening injuries. Janine was told that she would never walk again. That story was recounted in her bestselling memoir NEVER TELL ME NEVER, which was subsequently m ...Show more
The Gift of Acceptance by Janine Shepherd
Category: Health and Wellbeing
Author of Never Tell Me Never has come to realise that her life and everything she has learned from its challenges can be distilled in one simple phrase and is defined by one outstanding quality: acceptance - truly the greatest gift of all. A collection of wisdom, insight and advice this is a distillati ...Show more
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