{"product_id":"freefall-by-brad-guy-9780645615074","title":"Freefall","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt the age of 22, Brad, a notoriously outgoing and gregarious person, was celebrating a belated birthday present: a thrill-seeking tandem skydive. In what can only be described as a ‘freak accident’, Brad and his instructor’s parachute failed to open properly. Not once … but twice. The reserve chute got tangled in the first. With both parachutes failing, they circled furiously in the air like two rag dolls in a treacherous vortex, plunging 14,000 feet to the ground at 80 km\/h.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhat are the odds of surviving a freefall from a plane 14,000 feet in the air? That is the equivalent of free falling from half of Everest.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWell, they did survive, only just, but not without trauma and injury. Both physical and mental. A broken spine and torn neck were Brad’s physical scars; severe depression and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) were his unseen scars.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBrad went from a fun-loving, carefree young man to an introverted recluse, silently battling the dark throes of physical pain and deep emotional scarring.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith large doses of family love and intense personal counselling, Brad slowly fought back to reclaim a ‘new life’. A life that wasn’t like the old one, for that had died in the accident, but nevertheless a new life with a new perspective.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFreefall\u003c\/em\u003e tells Brad’s story and is for anyone changed by unforeseen and catastrophic events or their friends and families. It is a powerful picture of what is often referred to as post-traumatic growth. We may be broken, but we can put ourselves back together in beautiful, new ways.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBrad Guy's book is a testament to the healing power of human connection and the resilience of the human soul…. It is a beacon of hope for those who have suffered trauma because it shows us that although the road back to life may be rocky, it is nonetheless there. –\u003c\/i\u003e Sophia Parnas, Clinical Psychologist, Sydney\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Arotahi Agency","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46627297722604,"sku":"9780645615074","price":32.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/23596313482417.jpg?v=1751882871","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/products\/freefall-by-brad-guy-9780645615074","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}