Love & Justice: A Compelling True Story of Triumph Over Tragedy (ePub)

"A compelling story of how humour, friendship, grace and sheer grit can triumph over unthinkable catastrophe. Diana Morgan-Hill's unflinching memoir is proof that what does not kill us makes us strong." Liz Jensen, author of The Ninth Life of Louis Drax 

As featured in The Daily Mail, The Daily Mirror; ITV News, ITV This Morning with Amanda Holden and Phillip Schofield; BBC Radio 2's The Jeremy Vine Show; BBC Radio 5 Live Stephen Nolan Show & more. 

At the age of 29, Diana Hill fell under a London train. In 7 seconds the tall, glamorous businesswoman went from busy woman of the world with everything to live for to double-leg amputee, her life in ruins. Then it got worse. A few days after her accident, as she lay in hospital, traumatised and heavily sedated, she learnt via a newspaper article that the railway's Transport Police were to interview "The Fall Girl", as the Press had labelled her, with a view to prosecution. She had boarded a moving train, they said, and trespassed onto their railway line. Her fight for justice took 5 years and was, she declares with no hesitation, a more harrowing experience than having both of her legs 'stolen' from her. 

As any young, single woman would be, Diana was shocked to the core by the sudden, catastrophic change in her body image. What man would ever love her now? The issues surrounding sexuality and disability are explored here with stark honesty as she recalls her complicated love life, the High Court dramas, and the rawness of her pain amidst a turmoil of emotion, all told with tremendous humour, charm and heart. For Diana loves to tell stories. Especially true ones. 

A brutally honest, heartwarming memoir that shocks and delights in equal measure – when you're not crying for her you're laughing with her 

"This is a story of how indomitable the human spirit can be. If you want an example of hope over adversity but with all the struggle, heartbreak and pain along the way, then you will find it in this book. There is much that disabled people will recognise.." Dame Anne Begg, MP for Aberdeen South 1997-2015 

"This book has had the most profound effect on me. BR did not break her, they just gave her the fuel to make her stronger, leaner, keener, proving that women of courage are not born, but made so by their own blood, sweat and tears." Rosie Jones, the National Trust's First Writer in Residence 

"I only read this book because of its relevance to my occupation, I approached it with a hardened attitude. I joined the railway soon after Diana's accident in the era of slam-door trains... The novel-like style is a brilliant, powerful device; your mind is lulled into novel mode, then you will be ambushed with a sentence of heartbreaking, lacerating poignancy. It will drain you, make you weep make you laugh.. reminding you powerfully about the fragility of life & limb." Mr D, A Train Driver 
 

"This book has all the twists & turns you'd expect in something penned by John Grisham. Except it isn't fiction. I cried, I laughed, I was horrified and enraged and I couldn't put the book down." 

"She has triumphantly overcome what would have probably destroyed most people. Everyone should read it." 

"Her determination to keep fighting shone through - equally I could not give up on it and I had to read it in one sitting." 

"A ' misery memoir ' like no other, had me laughing and crying at the same time."

"A computer is disabled, not a human being." Diana Morgan-Hill