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Things I Learned from Falling

By: Claire Nelson
Narrated by: Claire Nelson
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An inspirational and gripping first-person account of determination, adversity and survival against the odds.

In 2018, Claire Nelson made international headlines. She was in her thirties and was beginning to burn out - her hectic London life of work and social activity and striving to do more and do better in the big city was frenetic and stressful. Although she was surrounded by people all of the time, she felt increasingly lonely.

When the anxiety she felt finally brought her to breaking point, Claire decided to take some time off and travelled to Joshua Tree Park in California to hike and clear her head. What happened next was something she could never have anticipated.

While hiking, Claire fell 25 feet, gravely injuring herself and she lay alone in the desert - mistakenly miles off any trail, without a cell phone signal, fighting for her life. She lay in the elements for four days until she was miraculously found - her rescuers had not expected to find her alive.

In THINGS I LEARNED FROM FALLING Claire tells her incredible story and what it taught her about loneliness, anxiety and transformation and how to survive it all.

©2019 Claire Nelson (P)2019 Octopus Publishing Group Adventurers, Explorers & Survival Art & Literature Hiking Journalists, Editors & Publishers Outdoors & Nature Personal Development Personal Success Survival

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Critic reviews

'Uplifting and brave' - Stylist

'A riveting account of loneliness, anxiety and survival' - Cosmopolitan

'A vibrantly physical book' - the Guardian
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Really interesting story of Claire’s experiences of the physical fall as well as a boarder fall in life and what she learnt from it. Loads of things to take away from it. A really quick and easy listen. Narration felt a little unnatural - perhaps over-performanced.

Really great story with parallels drawn between the fall itself and broader fall in life

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Incredible real life story. Entertaining, with a useful moral life message. Thought provoking. Excellent narration.

Enjoyable and helpful

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Couldn't stop listening. Absolutely loved it. What an incredible story and strength of character.

Incredible, inspiring and thought provoking

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absolutely enthralling. such a strong account of a real event. incredible story so pleased its read by the author. I was glued to this

wow

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Incredible story, beautifully written, Claire is a true inspiration and the story she tells is so honest heartfelt.

Incredible

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lovely description and frank, honest character flaws that are investigated to reveal a lesson learned. I enjoyed listening to it. I also saw a lot of me which I now need to deal with. thank you.

A humble description of falling & living

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Against all odds story of survival. Absolutely gripping. An inspiring will to survive. Loved this book!!!

Unputdownable!

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Hard to put it down. Past and present trauma woven together well. Such tension. Phew!

Gripping!

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I almost felt like I had been lying in the desert myself being baked by the brutal heat and feeling the pain, longing for water, the absolute hopelessness and terror, rubbing shoulders with death, moments of calm and beauty. That is how descriptive her account of her time after she fell was.
I even lost some sleep over this book, I had to know what was going to happen next! A little warning for those like me who are of the sensitive kind, this book is not fluffy.
Thank goodness for that walking stick!
I also agree, the coyotee knows. There are mysteries and synchronicities out there that we can never really fully understand.
Even though I could not relate to much of the sequences of her life when going back and forth between before and the now, it still gave a lot of depth and meaning to her story.

very very gripping

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Well written, Well presented, Great lessons
Enjoyed listening the audio book
Thank you for sharing your story.
Recommend!!

What a pleasure to listen to such a great book

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