Grace Spence Green: 'To Exist As I Am' :A Doctor's Notes on Recovery and Radical Acceptance
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Grace Spence Green: 'To Exist As I Am' :A Doctor's Notes on Recovery and Radical Acceptance

In conversation with Richard Wolfenden-Brown

Presented by: Bude Literary Festival


0 BUDE: The Falcon Hotel (Acland Suite) (info)
P Friday 15th May, 2026
N Door time: 11:15am
Start time: 12:00pm
. All ages
C Literature

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It wasn't a car crash, but there was a collision. He fell from the third floor. At the age of twenty-two, Grace Spence Green's spine was broken at the fourth thoracic vertebra, and her life changed tracks. One day, she was in hospital supporting patients, the next she was one. ‘To Exist As I Am’ traces Grace's journey back to the wards and back to herself – as words like recovery, independence and community, well and unwell, took on new meanings. Through her extraordinary story, she asks how we might fight for change, while joyously embracing life exactly as we are.

Since her life changing injury, Grace has become a passionate advocate for the disabled community, appearing in the BMJ and Guardian, and across TV and radio.

‘Lucid, hopeful and fierce, this book is completely transformative’ – Polly Morland

'Surrendering to what happens to us, to find joy and meaning in spite of it, is the bravest and most wise choice we can make. This book is extraordinary' MIRANDA HART

Duration: 60 mins inc audience Q&A

High quality Drinks/Food/Accom available at The Falcon.

Tickets available online via WeGotTickets (8% booking fee added) or at face value on the door if available. (cash only)

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BUDE: The Falcon Hotel (Acland Suite)
0 Breakwater Road
Bude
Cornwall
EX23 8SD
> www northcoastarts.co.uk
! 01288352005
` Public parking nearby.
Accessible venue.
High quality Bar and Catering available.