Fish Out of Water: Overcoming the Challenges
- ISBN-10
- 1723577111
- ISBN-13
- 9781723577116
- Series
- Fish Out of Water
- Pages
- 118
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2018-07-25
- Author
- John Bream
Description
"a truly brilliant human being: tough, humble and so hard working. Lots of John Breams are why we won the World War" Bear GryllsMeet John BreamWhen John left the Paras, they gave him four weeks' termination leave and said, 'close the door on your way out.'This is his inspirational story of survival. A skinny lad from an ordinary working class upbringing, becoming the Army's champion boxer, seeing and surviving death, first hand, in battle; setting up a tree business then breaking bones in a 60 foot fall and recovering to swim to the Isle of Wight to raise funds for someone else's operation, shows that you don't need to be special to survive, just believe there is something worth surviving for.He continues to risk his life for the safety of others, holding camera operators as they dangle from cliffs so we can see celebrities battle extremes. He has set up Project RV to rekindle the spark for disillusioned Veterans.This book is for anyone who feels up against it. A must-read for young people in the services, leaving or who want to join.One of the first boots on the ground in Afghanistan in 2006, and the one of the first to return, injured, John entered civilian life when there was no Help for Heroes - the struggle was less understood or cared about.Bear Grylls calls him dedicated, authentic, humble, loyal.With humour and decency, and unswerving support for his family, John shows how a normal person can go through it and come out.John says, We do change, we become different. We must adapt, we must keep going forward.We're going to the end of the line.
