Never Give In, Never Give Up: A Gripping and Inspiring Story About How to Soar Through Life's Adversities

by Carlana Stone Lawson

A beautiful, successful and privileged seventeen-year-old, Carlana Stone Lawson had it she was a gymnast, cheerleader and president of her class. In a moment of bad judgment, she got into a car with some friends in Dallas, Texas, after a night of drinking. A terrible accident occurred, and everyone walked away unscathed except for Carlana, who never walked again.
This is Carlana's story of how she dealt with and overcame adversity. In the telling of it, she also shows how adversity can be successfully conquered in many areas, including divorce, loss of job and livelihood, survival of abuse, losing a loved one, devastating midlife crisis and battling breast cancer.
Today, Carlana, though wheelchair-bound, skydives, skis, and at thirty-four, has married the man of her dreams. This book will make you weep, laugh and, above all, inspire you.

304 pages, Paperback

First published September 7, 2005

Reviews

[Tammy · Rating 3 out of 5]

A story of searching for identity in the midst of tragedy. This was written by the sister of a friend I graduated high school with. She was in a car wreck and as a result was paralyzed from the waist down. We can learn alot from Carlana.

[Darmaila Wati · Rating 5 out of 5]

I like this book.Carlana Stone went throught transformation of her life, strugle to find her genuine.She wrote it for us to inspire us of her spirit.

[Dermita Sari]

aMazIng,,,,,,,

[Agung Rusmana · Rating 3 out of 5]

hard to believe, sih. but nice true-story