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  • By: Ed Jackson
  • Narrated by: Ed Jackson
  • Length: 6 hrs and 22 mins
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Lucky

By: Ed Jackson
Narrated by: Ed Jackson
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Publisher's Summary

As seen in the Daily Mail

A Sunday Times best seller

From tragedy to triumph, one step at a time—an inspirational story of triumph over adversity against the odds.

At just 28 years old, Ed Jackson was told he would never walk again. After a miscalculated dive into a pool, he suffered multiple cardiac arrests, a broken neck and a partially severed spinal cord. Lying paralysed in intensive care, the former rugby player knew his life would never be the same. But he wasn’t ready to give up hope.

Driven by relentless determination, Ed embarked on an incredible journey to independence. Millimetre by millimetre, he began to regain movement in his fingers and toes. Defying the expectations of even the most optimistic doctors, step by step, Ed began to walk again.

Fuelled by a renewed appreciation for life and a determination to help others suffering similar injuries to his own, Ed set his sights on a new challenge: mountaineering. Embarking on a gruelling climb to raise funds for a spinal unit in Kathmandu, Ed realises that, once again, the odds are stacked against him. Will he be able to overcome his own life-changing injury and transform others’ lives for the better?

Lucky is the story of how Ed faced the impossible when it seemed all hope was lost and shows how you, too, can overcome the biggest challenges that life sends your way.

Lucky was a Sunday Times best seller in the w/b 9th August 2021 

©2021 Ed Jackson (P)2021 HarperCollins Publishers Limited

Critic Reviews

"What a story and what an inspirational human. Ed is a total legend." (Joe Wicks)

"A life-affirming story...inspirational." (Tim Peake) 

"Early in Lucky, Jackson notes that 'Life is an adventure and sometimes the path disappears; push on and make your own path.' This truly inspirational book will have you quoting that life affirming line to everyone you know." (Bristol Post) 

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I thought I’d heard it all before...

I delayed listening to Ed’s book as I would look at it and think that I’ve seen & read these types of stories before (& therefore wondered why I had selected it). However, I could hardly put it down. It’s a story that seems to have everything and I would find myself thinking about it when not reading it. The performance is also really good and entertaining. Well done Ed!

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