How to Get Run Over by a Truck

by Katie C. McKenna

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On a sunny morning bike ride in Brooklyn, twenty-four-year-old Katie McKenna was forever changed when she was run over by an eighteen-wheeler. Being crushed under a massive semi wasn't something Katie should have survived. After ten hours of emergency surgery, she woke to find herself in a body and a life that would never be the same. In the brutally honest and surprisingly funny memoir, Katie recalls the pivotal event and the long, confusing road to recovery that followed. Between the unprepared nudity in front of her parents post-surgery, hospital happy hours, and the persistent fear that she would never walk again, Katie details the struggles she's faced navigating her new reality. This inspiring memoir follows Katie's remarkable journey to let go of her old life and fall in love with her new one.… (more)

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What a powerful read. Amazing story. I found myself surprised at how much psychology was involved. I guess imagining someone who's gone through physical trauma I mentally picture the visible result, and bypass what is obviously at least, if not even the bigger, hidden psychological trauma that isn't going to heal with time. Hope I never have to prove I'm as tough as Katie.

I wish there had been just a picture or two of the apparatus that played such an integral role in her healing. I had an advance copy of the book won in an Inkshares raffle; maybe the final copy includes some pictures. The only other oddity for me was her reluctance to use the anatomical name for her "hoo-ha". Plenty of profanity throughout, but I guess we each have our hangups :-) (

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On a sunny morning bike ride in Brooklyn, twenty-four-year-old Katie McKenna was forever changed when she was run over by an eighteen-wheeler. Being crushed under a massive semi wasn't something Katie should have survived. After ten hours of emergency surgery, she woke to find herself in a body and a life that would never be the same. In the brutally honest and surprisingly funny memoir, Katie recalls the pivotal event and the long, confusing road to recovery that followed. Between the unprepared nudity in front of her parents post-surgery, hospital happy hours, and the persistent fear that she would never walk again, Katie details the struggles she's faced navigating her new reality. This inspiring memoir follows Katie's remarkable journey to let go of her old life and fall in love with her new one.

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