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The World I Fell Out Of by Melanie Reid

Melanie Reid’s chronicle of her life-changing spinal injury in The World I Fell Out Of was discussed at the second meeting of the Glasgow Neurology Book Club. Reid has previously documented her ‘adapt or die’ approach to post-injury life within her column in The Times magazine. From the immediate recognition that her life was forever changed when her chestnut mare refused a jump, to the practicalities of daily life nine years following her accident, this account is ferociously honest. We are introduced to the terrifying world of tetraplegia and what it means for a 52-year-old woman suddenly to be disconnected from her body, losing her physical, personal and sexual identity in an instant.

In her account, Reid vividly and entertainingly describes the staff and patients of the Queen Elizabeth National Spinal Injuries Unit, …