Joni - Joni Eareckson, Musser Joe englisch

ISBN: 0720804124 (ISBN-13: 9780720804126)
Publisher: Pickering & Inglis London
Year: 1978
Format: 20 x 12.5 cm
Pages: 240
Cover: paperback

YOU WILL NEVER FORGET

The unforgettable story of a young woman's struggle against quadriplegia and depression. At the age of 17 Joni Eareckson was the victirn of a diving accident that left her totaily paralysed from the shoulders down. In seconds her entire life was changed from a state of vigorous activity and independence to an existence of total helplessness and dependence. Each step of Joni's struggle to accept and adjust to her handicap and her bitter, desperate search for the meaning of life is revealed for the first time in this unforgettable autobiography.
The suffering she endured had its effect in every area of her life - it was not easy for Joni to overcome her bitterness, confusion, violent questionings, and tears, and learn to trust a loving God. who had 'allowed' this to happen. Today, still able to move only her neck and head, Joni Eareckson has developed into a skilful artist, using her mouth guide her pen. Losing her anger at God made the difference between suicide at seventeen and a life of strong purpose. The very irony of Joni Eareckson's story suggests the existence of a Someone designing destinies