Sipping Dom Prignon Through A Straw (Father Anselm Novels)

Uncompromising... A masterful writer poised for even more great success - Forest Whitaker, Academy award-winning actorA memoir, penned with one good finger, about being profoundly disabled and profoundly successful.Global humanitarian Eddie Ndopu was born with spinal muscular atrophy, a rare degenerative motor neuron disease affecting his mobility. He was told that he wouldnt live beyond age five and yet, Ndopu thrived. He grew up loving pop music and haute couture, lip syncing to the latest hits, and was the only wheelchair user at his school, where he flourished academically. By his late teens, he had become a sought-after speaker, travelling the world to give talks on disability justice. When he is later accepted on a full scholarship into Oxford University, he soon learns that its not just the medical community he must defy - its the educational one too.In Sipping Dom Prignon Through a Straw, we follow Ndopu, sporting his oversized, bejewelled sunglasses, as he scales the mountain of success, only to find exclusion, discrimination, and neglect waiting for him on the other side. As he soars professionally, sipping champagne with world leaders, he continues to feel the loneliness and pressure of being the only one in the room. Determined to carve out his place in the world, he must challenge bias at the highest echelons of power and prestige.Searing, vulnerable and inspiring, Ndopus remarkable journey to reach beyond ableism, reminds us never to let anyone else define our limits.Unflinching honesty and vulnerability... Prepare to be moved, enlightened, and profoundly touchedSabrina Dhowre Elba, actress, model and UN Goodwill Ambassador