“When all appears
to be lost, the real fight has just begun”
I
just finished reading a book known as “WINNERS” by Danielle Steel. This book
was first published in the United States in 2013. It was a book about hopes.
After reading the book I learnt that we should never lose hopes. We should keep
on trying, and there will be one day when we will succeed!
This
book is about a girl, Lily Thomas. She is seventeen years old and she is a ski
champion who is currently training for the Olympics. One day she went for her
training as usual, but, what happened with her that day was not usual! The
chairlift broke! This caused her to have a spinal injury. She could never stand
again. She had to stay in a wheel chair forever. Lily’s doctor, Jessie
Matthews, who operated her, said that she could still do many things if she
tries. But, Jessie’s spirits were actually tested when she had a tragedy of her
own. The day she operated Lily, she got to know that her husband died in a road
accident. Lily’s father, Bill Thomas, refused to accept that Lily has been
injured and she cannot be cured. He decided to take her to the most famous
doctors. But Jessie was correct; her injury could not be cured. All the doctors
said that it was impossible. Bill met an old friend of his during this trip,
whose name was Joe. When Joe met Bill, he was sorry for what happened with
Lily.
When
Bill and Lily came back to Denver, Bill sent Lily to a rehab centre, Craig, for
some months. Bill called Joe to live with him for some days in Denver. One fine
day, Joe suggested Bill that he could build a rehab centre just like Craig.
There will be all the facilities that a child or a teenager would want in
his/her life. And Joe also suggested that he could build a rehab centre in
which children of all ages could come and not like Craig in which only
teenagers could come. Bill thought about it for some days and then decided that
he will do it for the sake of Lily. He decided that his rehab centre’s name
would be The Lily Pad. He requested Jessie to be the head Doctor for his rehab
centre. Jessie accepted his proposal as her eldest son, Chris, had taken
admission in a college in Denver, so, she could come at regular intervals and
see the patients at The Lily Pad and also meet her son. When the rehab centre
was finally built and Lily also came back to her home forever from Craig, Bill
requested Jessie to shift to Denver forever. And Bill also said that he would
arrange a house for Jessie and her children. At first Jessie refused because
she knew that her children would refuse to shift. But then she tried to
convince her children and they shifted to Denver.
At
Craig Lily was taught to do many things even if she was in a wheel chair. She
also learnt to ski in a wheelchair and her balance was perfect as always. When
she came back to her home she participated in the Olympics in which she achieved
a Silver Medal. That was the biggest achievement for her.
They had a small get together in which there
were Joe, Bill, Jessie, Lily, Chris and all the other children Jessie. In this
meeting Lily and Chris became good friends and fell in love with each other.
Time
passed and it was finally the day for the opening ceremony of The Lily Pad.
That day Bill said to Jessie that he loved her and she also said that she loved
him too.
They
never loosed hopes and this made all of them Winners!
Some
lines which were written at the end of the story and which I really liked are
as follows:-
“‘I love you too,’ she
said softly, leaning against him. She didn’t have to fight anymore. She wasn’t
alone. They were together. They were winners, just like the others. The Lily
Pad had blessed them all.”
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