Just A Step is the story of one of Britain's most inspirational and courageous women, Leanne Grose. After a routine check-up following a suspected sprained ankle, further tests showed that she had cancer at just 25.In 2003, Leanne underwent surgery to remove her left leg. Despite the difficulties she faced, Leanne went on to appear on Jade's PA and starred in her own exerc
Just A Step is the story of one of Britain's most inspirational and courageous women, Leanne Grose. After a routine check-up following a suspected sprained ankle, further tests showed that she had cancer at just 25. In 2003, Leanne underwent surgery to remove her left leg. Despite the difficulties she faced, Leanne went on to appear on Jade's PA and starred in her own exercise DVD Leanne's Chair Workout. With gritty determination, an incredible spirit and sheer zest for life, Leanne Grose is an inspirational young woman. This is her amazing story.
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Paperback
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360 pages
Published
January 4th 2008
by Green Umbrella Publishing
(first published 2008)
I don't read misery memoirs for a reason, or what we call 'Painful Lives' here now at Waterstones. The idea of reading something that brings me down or makes me sad is not appealing. But having recently met Leanne and hearing her story first hand, I was curious. Not just curious, moved. Inspired, enlightened and uplifted. This book has heart. It will bring you to tears, it will make you laugh. You will a lot about a condition and a situation that many of us (unfortunately ever more increasing a
I don't read misery memoirs for a reason, or what we call 'Painful Lives' here now at Waterstones. The idea of reading something that brings me down or makes me sad is not appealing. But having recently met Leanne and hearing her story first hand, I was curious. Not just curious, moved. Inspired, enlightened and uplifted. This book has heart. It will bring you to tears, it will make you laugh. You will a lot about a condition and a situation that many of us (unfortunately ever more increasing a number) will go through and while many approach their sickness in different ways, the courage and the bravery that it takes for a young woman to consistently take life by the scruff of the neck, enjoy it and make it the most fulfilling experience she can, but not only that, do the upmost that it is physically possibly (and more) for someone with one leg to also make a difference to the world.Leanne wants to change the world and she is. Lots of people try and say they will, but Leanne Grose is the sheer embodiment of love, kindness, determination, grit and achievement. They should not only knight her, make her a saint, give her own National Day where we all must do one good thing for something else. Then when all that's arranged, they should put her on that fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square, where she'd be stood up straight, proud, with a beaming smile and balancing on nothing but one six inch Louboutin heel.
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