Struck cover art

Struck

A Husband’s Memoir of Trauma and Triumph

Preview

Audible Standard 30-day free trial

Try Standard free
Select 1 audiobook a month from our entire collection.
Listen to your selected audiobooks as long as you're a member.
Get unlimited access to bingeable podcasts.
Standard auto renews for £5.99 a month after 30 days. Cancel anytime.

Struck

By: Douglas Segal
Narrated by: Douglas Segal
Try Standard free

£5.99 a month after 30 days. Cancel anytime.

Buy Now for £14.15

Buy Now for £14.15

About this listen

One of life's biggest cliches becomes a horrific reality when Douglas Segal's wife and young daughter are hit head-on by a Los Angeles city bus. Miraculously, his daughter was unharmed, but his wife faced a series of life-threatening injuries, including the same one that famously left Christopher Reeve paralyzed. 

Following the accident, Segal began sending regular email updates to their circle of friends and family - a list that continued to grow as others heard of the event and were moved by the many emotional and spiritual issues it raised. Segal's compelling memoir is an intimate and honest chronicle built around these email updates and is a profound example of how people show up for one another in times of crisis.

Alternatingly harrowing, humorous, heartbreaking, and hopeful, this is an uplifting tribute to love, determination, and how the compassion of community holds the power to heal, serving as an inspiring testament to the resilience of the human spirit when faced with pain and adversity.

©2018 Douglas Segal (P)2018 HighBridge, a division of Recorded Books
Letters & Correspondence Medical Memoirs, Diaries & Correspondence Professionals & Academics Relationships Memoir Marriage Witty
All stars
Most relevant
Wow, great listen and very well written. Brutally honest account of life, tragedy, recovery and positivity

Well told, moving story

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

Good narrator. Good story. Very detailed but also uplifting. The trauma they went through was quite shocking but positive attitude really helped them. Enjoyed this and although it was quite difficult to listen to their struggles they’re an inspiration

Heartfelt and traumatic

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.