Look No Hands! - The Inspiring Story of Brian Gault

Informationen zum Autor Helena Rogers is a freelance writer based in Dorset. Brain Gault, born and bred in Northern Ireland, is one of the 480 survivors of 'miracle-drug' Thalidomide's exposure to the British market in the mid-twentieth century - the drug, taken by his mother during pregnancy, caused him to be born with no arms. He now works as a field-worker for Through the Roof, the UK wing of Joni Eareckson Tada's disability outreach ministry. Klappentext Brian Gault is one of the 450 survivors of the 'miracle-drug' Thalidomide's exposure to the British market in the mid-twentieth century. To the shock of his parents, he was born with no arms. Otherwise physically and mentally fit and able, Brian has struggled throughout his life to overcome the restrictions society has tried to place on him, beginning with the cumbersome prosthetic arms of his childhood, which he had to sabotage to escape wearing them! Brian's story is lively, funny, challenging and moving and centres around his call to Christian faith. With a foreword by Joni Eareckson Tada.The compelling and humorous story of a man born with no arms and his quest to be proved normal in an abnormal world! Zusammenfassung The compelling and humorous story of a man born with no arms and his quest to be proved normal in an abnormal world!

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Brian Gault, Brian Rogers Gault, Gault Brian, Helena Rogers, Helena Gault Rogers, Rogers Helena
• Verlag: Hodder & Stoughton
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 03.02.2000
• EAN: 9780340746363
• ISBN: 978-0-340-74636-3
• Seiten: 240
• Abmessung: 126 mm x 196 mm x 20 mm
• Serie: Hodder Christian Books
• Themen: Belletristik > Erzählende Literatur > Briefe, Tagebücher; Naturwissenschaften, Medizin, Informatik, Technik > Medizin > Allgemeines; Sachbuch > Philosophie, Religion > Religion: Allgemeines, Nachschlagewerke; SOCIAL SCIENCE / People with Disabilities, RELIGION / Christianity / General, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / People with Disabilities, Christianity, Disability: social aspects, Personal religious testimony and popular inspirational works, RELIGION / Christian Living / Inspirational, Autobiography: philosophy and social sciences, Christianity; evangelical; prayer; the church; religion; Christian books; Christian gifts; Jesus; devotional; Bible; theology