 Never
Tell
Me
Never
by
Janine
Shepherd,large
sized
soft
cover
in
good
condition.
Janine
Shepherd?s
story
reads
like
the
plot
of
a
Hollywood
movie.
A
champion
cross
country
skier
in
training
for
the
Winter
Olympics,
her
life
was
irrevocably
altered
during
a
bike
ride
to
the
Blue
Mountains
when
she
was
hit
by
a
truck.
Her
neck
and
back
were
broken
in
four
places,
as
were
her
right
arm,
collarbone
and
five
ribs.
Her
right
leg
had
been
ripped
open,
she
had
sustained
massive
internal
injuries,
severe
lacerations
to
her
abdominal
area,
and
had
lost
five
litres
of
blood.
The
bleeding
alone
was
enough
to
kill
her.
Doctors
warned
her
parents
that
she
was
not
expected
to
survive
her
ordeal.
Even
if
by
some
small
chance
she
recovered,
she
would
never
walk
again.
Coming
to
terms
with
her
shattered
Olympic
dreams,
refusing
to
believe
what
expert
medical
staff
were
telling
her
about
her
chances
of
any
kind
of
recovery,
Janine
focused
every
sinew
of
her
being
on
healing
her
broken
body
and
crushed
morale.
Her
fighting
spirit
was
rekindled
watching
small
planes
flying
overhead.
She
said
to
herself,
?If
I
can?t
walk,
I?ll
fly.?
And
fly
she
did.
Within
a
year
she
had
her
private
pilot?s
licence;
twelve
months
later,
her
commercial
licence;
soon
after,
her
instructor?s
permit
and
aerobatic
endorsement.
And
all
the
while
she
pushed
her
body
to
mend
itself,
forced
her
legs
to
walk
again,
step
by
painful
step.
NEVER
TELL
ME
NEVER
is
her
story,
a
testament
to
the
power
of
the
human
spirit,
and
one
that
will
move
and
inspire
all
who
read
it
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