Goodreads asked Mark Berridge:

Where did you get the idea for your most recent book?

Mark Berridge The motivation to write A Fraction Stronger was a series of waves coming together. In mid-2020 I shared my spinal cord injury news publicly for the first time, using the nexus between the displacement I was feeling and the disruption many were experiencing in that first Covid wave. I received a lot of positive feedback on my article, some being quite forthright that I must write and speak about my journey. As I was wrestling with “Really? Me?”, I reflected on the impact of the help I received and how sharing my gratitude would reward those acts. I thought about the comments I regularly heard like “the physiotherapists must love you” because I was trying so hard in my rehabilitation. I wondered “what if I could just get a few more people to try at something meaningful to them, or a few more people to try harder and longer. Imagine the benefit for them, their loved ones, their carers”.

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