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Question: What''s worse than being in a wheelchair?
Answer: Being a fuck-up in a wheelchair.

After a car accident Jarred discovers he''ll never walk again. Confined to a ''giant roller-skate'', he finds himself with neither money nor jobWorse still, he''s forced to live back home with the father he hasn''t spoken to in ten years.

Add in a shoplifting habit, an addiction to painkillers and the fact that total strangers now treat him like he''s an idiot, it''s a recipe for self-destruction. How can he stop himself careering out of control?

As he tries to piece his life together again, he looks back over his past - the tragedy that blasted his family apart, why he ran away, the damage he''s caused himself and others - and starts to wonder whether, maybe, things don''t always have to stay broken after all.

The Coward is about hurt and forgivenessIt''s about how the world treats disabled people. And it''s about how we write and rewrite the stories we tell ourselves about our lives - and try to find a happy ending.

Format Inbunden Omfång 320 sidor Språk Engelska Förlag Canongate Books Utgivningsdatum 2021-07-01 ISBN 9781838851538