It's One of Them!

About the Book

Grace Saunders and her brother Ben were both born with the genetic disorder spinal muscular atrophy type 2/3, SMA. From her happy childhood growing up in Hertfordshire, enduring painful operations, to becoming a mom and a wife living an independent life in Coventry. Her extraordinary story of strength, not only coping with a severe physical disability, but being victim to domestic violence. Grace’s story also involves drugs, murder, the police investigation that was Operation Ore and the death of her brother, aged thirty. This is a woman’s struggle for a normal life, independence, and remarkably, having a healthy baby girl when she was told she would never be able to have children. She coped many years, being a single mother with the help of her family and personal care assistants. She writes about her education, care, and funny stories about the world of Internet dating. She tells her story with, honesty, humor, and heartfelt emotion, Grace shares the highs and lows she has faced and has come out the other side, although a little bruised, stronger than ever, and still smiling. Grace’s attitude to the life she has been dealt with is, as she says, “It’s One of Them!”

About the Author

Sometimes in life you seem to travel full circle with people coming and going in your life. Grace is one of these people. Having met at the age of eleven years old, we had that close bond as friends throughout school and the formative teenage years. Sharing and experiencing the music and fashion of the eighties. Eventually going to the same college but somehow following different paths for the next twenty-one years. I have always believed that people have soul mates, but you have to encounter many obstacles living life before fate brings you together. This is precisely what happened with Grace and me. Having spent so many years with no contact, we were eventually reunited, and I am proud to say have since married. The expression “It’s one of them,” was something I had not heard until I moved to Coventry. I hear it a lot from people I work with, and I have to say Grace uses it a lot. But it is so fitting to Grace’s attitude toward her life and past experiences. I never hear Grace moan about what she has been through, for I think it has made her stronger and more determined to succeed in whatever she decides to do. I am very proud of my wife and know this book will inspire many people to make the most of life. Learn from your mistakes, remember to have a wicked sense of humor, and love the people who treat you well. James Saunders