The book begins with the terrible accident that robbed our superman of his powers. One minute he is riding his horse over a simple jump and the next he is lying in hospital paralyzed from the neck down. Unfortunately for Chris Reeve this wasn’t a scene from a film but real life. He is honest about what happened to him, he talked about the despair, the thought that he would be better off dead, the humiliation of having to be helped for the smallest of tasks, the sheer misery of feeling the “Why Me?” syndrome that accompanies these awful accidents.
Chris began the book with the accident and continued the aftermath all the way through, filtering in his childhood and first steps into film and television in between. Of course to many Chris Reeve was superman. He made the part his own and even though I personally can’t stand these American superheros (Superman, Spiderman etc.) I would be the first to say that he is the actor I think of whenever the word Superman is mentioned.
In real life he is a superman as well as he has done his best to overcome his physical problems. As he wrote the book he had bad times and good times. He did a lot for charity and even directed a film, but unfortunately not long after the book was published Chris died from complications relating to his condition. His wife, who had stuck with him through it all, also died a few years after her husband, from cancer. Such a sad ending for such a courageous couple. How his children coped with losing both their parents in such a short space of time is beyond our reason.
Overall this was a good book. Well written, heart felt and it does make you appreciate what you have.
Score Board: 9/10 – There is only one superman.
Chris began the book with the accident and continued the aftermath all the way through, filtering in his childhood and first steps into film and television in between. Of course to many Chris Reeve was superman. He made the part his own and even though I personally can’t stand these American superheros (Superman, Spiderman etc.) I would be the first to say that he is the actor I think of whenever the word Superman is mentioned.
In real life he is a superman as well as he has done his best to overcome his physical problems. As he wrote the book he had bad times and good times. He did a lot for charity and even directed a film, but unfortunately not long after the book was published Chris died from complications relating to his condition. His wife, who had stuck with him through it all, also died a few years after her husband, from cancer. Such a sad ending for such a courageous couple. How his children coped with losing both their parents in such a short space of time is beyond our reason.
Overall this was a good book. Well written, heart felt and it does make you appreciate what you have.
Score Board: 9/10 – There is only one superman.
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