Shattered
  • Published: 2 October 2006
  • ISBN: 9780099498513
  • Imprint: Arrow
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 320
  • RRP: $22.00

Shattered

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Sometimes a family's love can achieve the impossible. The unmissable third book from Richard & Judy's TRUE competition.

On 12th October 1995, Mavis Marsh answered her door to the news every parent dreads most. 'It's your son,' the policeman told her. 'He's been in an accident.' Only hours earlier Matthew had been set for a dazzling future but, in one terrible night, a devastating tragedy altered everything.

Days later, Mavis found herself standing at her son's bedside as doctors told her to give up all hope. According to them, the damage to Matthew's brain was too severe for him to recover, and the boy she had known and loved was gone forever.

But Mavis and her husband Keith couldn't give up on their only son. And refusing to accept the diagnosis, they started to work with Matthew themselves, desperately urging their comatose son to fight. For months they tried, to no avail. But then, almost half a year later, he suddenly started to respond ...
  • Published: 2 October 2006
  • ISBN: 9780099498513
  • Imprint: Arrow
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 320
  • RRP: $22.00
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About the authors

Mavis Marsh

Mavis lives in Leeds with her husband, Keith. They have two daughters and one son, Matthew.

Andrew Crofts

Tom Wilson was placed in the care of the Scottish social services at just 10 months old. It wasn't until he was 45 that he first spoke about the terrible attrocities he endured during the six years he was at St Margaret's Children's Home in Fife. Tom Wilson is married and his brother is the world famous darts player, Jocky Wilson.
Andrew Crofts has been a freelance writer and author for over thirty years and his ghostwritten works include several Sunday Times number one bestsellers. Other inspirational memoirs he has ghosted include Betrayed by Lyndsey Harris, Shattered by Mavis Marsh, Sold by Zana Mushen, The Little Prisoner by Jane Elliott, The Kid by Kevin Lewis, Please Daddy, No by Stuart Howarth, For a House Made of Stone by Gina French, My Family is All I Have by Helen-Alice Dear, Pete - My Story by Pete Bennett and Just a Boy by Richard McCann. He is also the author of The Freelance Writer's Handbook.

Praise for Shattered

This is an incredibly moving true tale of hope, dedication and above all love. We defy you not to shed a tear!

Hot Stars

An inspirational and moving real life story that proves you can achieve the impossible when you believe enough

The Sun

astonishing testimony to the power of hope

Daily Record

uplifting

Sunday Express