{"product_id":"in-my-dreams-i-dance-9780007354283","title":"In My Dreams I Dance","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe inspirational memoir from Paralympian and disability advocate Anne Wafula Strike Struck down with polio at the age of two and a half, Anne overcame the prejudice rife in her native village in Kenya, where neighbours believed she was cursed and called her a snake because of her disability, which left her paralysed below the waist.Losing her mother at a tender age, and sent to a school far away from home, she achieved fantastic academic results, amidst the challenges of a military coup. She went to university and qualified as a teacher, and fell in love with a British man who truly valued her defiant spirit.She moved from a world with no running water to make a life for herself in modern Britain. Where, against all odds, she bore a child, and went on to being the first East African to compete in her sport internationally. Anne is currently in further training, hoping to represent Great Britain at the 2012 Paralympics.","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51017433383255,"sku":"9780007354283","price":9.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780007354283.jpg?v=1750773564","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/in-my-dreams-i-dance-9780007354283","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}