On the Edge: My Story - Richard Hammond
In September 2006, Richard Hammond, one of our best-loved television presenters, suffered a serious brain injury following a high speed car crash.
In this book he gives his compelling account of life before and after the accident and an honest description of his recovery, full of drama and incident.
Richard tells the story of his life, from the small boy showing off with ridiculous stunts on his bicycle to the adolescent with a near-obsessive attraction to speed and the smell of petrol.
It was whilst filming for Top Gear that Richard was involved in a high speed crash, driving a jet-powered dragster. He and his wife Mindy, piece together the stages of his recovery as his shattered mind slowly reformed. The final chapter recounts his return home and his triumphant reappearance in front of the cameras.