Liz Nugent was on her way to brunch at a friend’s house last November when she tripped and fell, dislocating her kneecap and fracturing her patella and tibia. “Normal people,” she says, “wouldn’t have had the spasm reactions” which is why her recovery was so long and slow. “People have accused me of being brave, and I feel, what is brave about surviving and living and getting on with things? And you know, I’m not so bad. Nugent once tried to be an actor, turning up for her course in the Gaiety School of acting in crutches.

Source: The Irish Times March 28, 2020 06:00 UTC