Sophie Morgan tells her true story in The Diary of a Submissive, the real-life Fifty Shades of Grey. In the wake of Fifty Shades of Grey, here is a memoir that offers the real story of what it means to be a submissive. From the endorphin rush of her first spanking right through to punishments the likes of which she couldn't begin to imagine, she explains in frank and explicit fashion the road she travels. But it isn't until she meets James that her boundaries are really pushed. As her relationship with him travels into darker and darker places the question becomes: where will it end? Can she reconcile her sexuality with the rest of her life and is it possible for the perfect man to also be perfectly cruel?

Goodreads Librarians are volunteers who help ensure the accuracy of information about books and authors in the Goodreads' catalog. The Goodreads Libra Goodreads Librarians are volunteers who help ensure the accuracy of information about books and authors in the Goodreads' catalog. The Goodreads Librarians Group is the official group for requesting additions or updates to the catalog, including: Sutcliffe, Tom (25 April 2013). "TV review: Licence to Kill, BBC3". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 24 May 2022 . Retrieved 20 September 2016. It was the beginning of a vexed journey on TV. She was building a body of work: the BBC reality show Britain’s Missing Top Model (in which eight women with disabilities competed to win a prize fashion magazine shoot); Licence to Kill, a BBC documentary about young drivers and road accidents (which won best current affairs film at the Royal Television Society awards in 2013). “But there was no opportunity for me to be on telly. I was always told, ‘Why you? Why would you be the person to tell this story? If it’s about disability, you can do it.’” I tell her about Dan Hodges, the journalist who lost the sight in one eye when he tried to stop a brawl in a bar in the 90s. He kept getting bumped off debate programmes, and a TV producer friend told him it was because of his “irrelevant left eye”. If the story was about knife crime, he would be relevant. If it was about anything else, what was his irrelevant eye doing on the panel? Morgan says she has had the same experience: the go-to for a disability documentary – she also made one about the experience of being disabled in Ghana – but “there were other things I wanted to talk about”. The book ends abruptly, but it feels like there is a sequel towards the end as there are things that Sophie didn’t go into at length like her partners and friends.

When 2020 began artist and presenter Sophie Morgan had plans to go on an adventure to create a new travel documentary for Channel 4, but when the coronavirus pandemic arrived her goals had to change. After talks with her literary agent Sophie had a new idea: a memoir reflecting on her life experiences and the accident in 2003 which left her paralysed at just 18-years-old. Worthwhile Sophie Morgan bares all in her controversial sequel to Diary of a Submissive, No Ordinary Love Story. Because no matter how strong we may believe ourselves to be, no matter how resilient and determined we are, some situations, we have no choice but to surrender that fight, to do our best to let go.

Morgan has appeared in Horizon for BBC Two, [31] The One Show for BBC One [32] [33] and has reported for Channel 4 News as part of the No Go Britain series which examines accessibility and transport issues for disabled people. [34] Silvers, Isabella (30 August 2016). "Sophie Morgan Talks (Not) Being Broken, Wheelchair Myths & Rio 2016". InStyle . Retrieved 20 September 2016. In 2004, nine months after her accident, Morgan took part in the first series of BBC Two's Beyond Boundaries, which followed 11 disabled people on an expedition to traverse 220 miles across Nicaragua from its Atlantic coast to its Pacific coast. [14] [15] [16] She contracted amoebic dysentery in the jungle, requiring 5 days' hospitalisation, and was unable to complete the expedition. [2] A follow-up program, Beyond Boundaries: Where Are They Now?, was broadcast in 2009. [17] Authors, if you are a member of the Goodreads Author Program, you can edit information about your own books. Find out how in this guide. Prior to the accident, Morgan had planned to study law at the University of Manchester. [8] [2] [9] Having returned to live with her parents in Brighton, she instead opted to study art at the City College Brighton & Hove [10] After completing her art foundation course, she started a Bachelor of Arts degree in fine arts at Goldsmiths, University of London. [9] [8] [11] [12] During her degree, a second career opportunity arose, as she was asked to participate in an expedition across Nicaragua ( Beyond Boundaries, BBC 2004). She later obtained a diploma in arts therapy from the Institute for Arts in Therapy and Education.

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In 2013, Morgan presented Licence to Kill, a documentary for BBC Three about road accidents like hers caused by young drivers. [19] The documentary won the Royal Television Society's award for Best Current Affairs film of 2013. [20] Tom Sutcliffe, for The Independent, described it as "an often heartbreaking film, focusing on the misery that follows road-traffic accidents and the terrifying insouciance of young people about their own survival." [21] Following broadcast of the film, Morgan teamed up with BBC Learning and Drive iQ to launch the Licence to Kill Schools Tour, visiting schools and colleges to promote young driver safety. [22] The tour was endorsed by organizations including Road Safety GB, Transport for London, and RoadSafe. [23] In addition to sports broadcasting, she fronts her own travel series Living Wild, consumer and current affairs documentaries including on Dispatches and Unreported World and is a well-known television personality on shows like ITV’s Loose Women. Podcast interview with Sophie Morgan The book itself is split into three parts and that in itself felt quite natural because there’s before my injury, during where I was doing rehabilitation and then the rest of my life, and it does feel like it’s very much compartmentalised like that,” shares Sophie. “I don’t think I could have done this at any other time of my life.”

Rushed to hospital, everything she had dreamed for her life was instantly forgotten and her journey to rediscover herself and build a different life began. But being told she would never walk again would come to be the least of her concerns.” In 2015 Morgan travelled to Ghana, West Africa, to present The World's Worst Place To Be Disabled?, a documentary for BBC Three made as part of the channel's Defying the Label season. [24] [25] Nora Groce, an anthropologist working with people with disabilities in the developing world, described the documentary as "an accurate depiction of the life faced by millions of persons with disabilities". [26] Tate, Gabriel (18 September 2016). "Why Channel 4 has proved itself a brilliant Paralympics broadcaster". The Daily Telegraph. London . Retrieved 27 September 2016. In 2021 she presented Living Wild: How to Change Your Life. [28] in a road trip across the UK, meeting people united by a desire to build new lives around the things they love. [29]

Who is Sophie Morgan?

She is currently spearheading the global disability rights campaign Rights On Flights which has recently taken her to the White House to meet the President. As a painter and an artist, Sophie approached the task as another form of expression, allowing her to explore her past experiences to share them with others, but also to examine them 18 years on from her injury.

There is such power in someone like Sophie, not because of how she adapted to her new life but the power lies in her raw honesty, in discussing every aspect of her life and her emotional and mental state. In Adam, Sophie has found a man to respect and cherish her, as well as a lover who'll take her to the very limits of pain and pleasure. But how do you decide whose cooking dinner when later one of you will be whipping the other? Can you be curled up together watching TV one night and the next indulging in a serious punishment session? Though if we look at it from an analytical perspective then we would realise the book is the life journey of an individual.

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One criticism that the book received – during the Disability Horizons book club discussion – was the pace of the book. For the first few chapters, the book feels incredibly slow then towards the end it finishes abruptly as though it was rushed. We didn’t know where to turn and we made massive mistakes but we also learned that it’s ok to get it wrong, and you will get it wrong, but as long as you love each other and you can be honest with each other then it will be ok.” Reconsider