#ToExistAsIAm

We are so thrilled to share that #ToExistAsIAm by Grace Spence Green has been longlisted for the 2026 Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction! Huge congratulations to Grace for this incredible, well deserved achievement ✨

Waking up in a new body Grace Spence Green was a fourth-year medical student when a man jumped off a balcony in a shopping centre and landed on her. She recalls her first moments in the hospital as a newly disabled patient.

After reading this excerpt Dr Grace Spence Green new book #ToExistAsIAm is in the TBR pile
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Front cover image of the book To Exist As I Am by Grace Spence Green. It shows a doctor wearing dark pink scrubs with a stethoscope around her neck, sitting in a wheelchair facing forwards. Her dark brown hair is just visible on her shoulders but her head is out of shot of the photo.

Just finished listening to #ToExistAsIAm by @gracespencegreen.bsky.social Brilliant writing and I always love it when audiobooks are narrated so authentically by the author.

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We're so pleased to see that Grace Spence Green's #ToExistAsIAm has been included in @theguardian.com's
'What we’re reading: writers and readers on the books they enjoyed in June'.

Read the full piece here:
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Text says: These minute acts of care I experience daily are not only beautiful but radical. Care to me is the antithesis of capitalism. When someone lifts me into a car, helps me out of the shower, when I hold my friend’s arm to help her balance, we are not here to make a profit or a product. We are here for each other. Caring goes against everything society seems to be hurtling towards. In a world that feels like it is becoming more and more hostile to be kind is a profound act.

Just finished reading #ToExistAsIAm by @gracespencegreen.bsky.social which is an honest & thought provoking view on recovery after spinal injury, care & disability. This paragraph on care & being cared for struck a particular chord with me.

#Disability #Wheelchair #Acceptance

I might have finished this a couple of days ago, but it’s one I’m still thinking about. #ToExistAsIAm by @gracespencegreen.bsky.social is a powerful, life-affirming book and is a beautiful testament to the resilience and strength of the #disability community. Must-read book!

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