Walking Papers, Francesco Clark
Walking Papers, Francesco Clark
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Walking Papers
The Accident that Changed My Life, and the Business that Got Me Back on My Feet

Author: Francesco Clark

Narrator: Kirby Heyborne

Unabridged: 7 hr 8 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 06/07/2010


Synopsis

Francesco Clark was a twenty-four-year-old with a bright future when he went to the Hamptons for the weekend. A nocturnal dive into the pool's shallow end changed everything.

Paralyzed from the neck down, doctors announced that he'd never move from his bed or breathe without assistance. But Francesco fought back. Within days, he was breathing on his own. His father, a doctor himself, investigated every
opportunity for experimental treatment, and Francesco used all resources available to speed his recovery. To avoid having his lungs suctioned, he sang, loudly, for hours. And that was just the beginning.

Francesco's accident left him unable to sweat out toxins, leaving his skin less than healthy. So Francesco and his father began to experiment, and Clark's Botanicals skin care line was born. It is now sold nationwide in stores such as Saks Fifth Avenue and Fred Segal, and featured in Harper's Bazaar, Vogue, and
other magazines.

Seven years after the accident, Francesco continues to improve, in addition to running a thriving business.

About Francesco Clark

Francesco Clark is the founder of Clark's Botanicals, which has been featured in the New York Times, Harper's Bazaar, Vogue, and many other publications. His company has won Fashion Group International's Rising Star Award, Allure's Best of Beauty Award (two years in a row), Fitness Magazine Beauty Award, Self Healthy Beauty Award, Cosmetic Executive Women's Indie Brand of the Year 2008, and Wallpaper's design award. An ambassador for the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation, he lives in Bronxville, New York.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Judith on January 18, 2011

From now on, I am going to use this book as inspiration every time I feel any little aches or pains in my aging body. The author, at the age of 24 was an assistant editor at Bazzar magazine in NYC, when he severed his spine following a dive into the shallow end of a swimming pool. He was told that h......more

Goodreads review by Meredith on May 11, 2020

I really enjoyed this book. Read it in an afternoon. Great story of overcoming odds through lots of effort and openness to alternative methods of healing after he suffers a C4 spinal cord injury at the age of 24. He learns how to lean on people and ask for help while finding meaning in his own heali......more

Goodreads review by Ali on May 15, 2021

I really wanted to like this book. I love memoirs and the way they improve my perspective/understanding of the human life and individual experiences. But this book was hard for me to get through. Spinal cord injuries are (obviously) a very traumatic thing for the body and you must address progress a......more

Goodreads review by Felicia on October 22, 2018

This is a great read for someone who has a person in your life with a spinal cord injury. Lots of good insight. It is hard to stay positive in the face of so much adversity. Francesco did it well. Inspirational too!......more

Goodreads review by Lynnie Pooh on August 27, 2018

Inspirational!! Love his story!......more