A Life Worth Living, Tommy Jessop
A Life Worth Living, Tommy Jessop
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A Life Worth Living
Acting, Activism and Everything Else

Author: Tommy Jessop

Narrator: Jane Jessop, Tommy Jessop

Unabridged: 18 hr 50 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Wildfire

Published: 07/28/2023

Synopsis

A powerful, moving and joyous memoir from Tommy Jessop, award-winning actor and activist.

I'm a man on a mission to show that life with Down Syndrome can be exciting and is worth living, so that other people understand and give us the chance to live life to the full and to be fulfilled.

Tommy Jessop is a multi-award winning actor, theatre performer, and campaigner. Tommy has been at the vanguard of bringing awareness of the potential of people living with Down syndrome to the media, and to government. A Life Worth Living will be Tommy's story - from his journey into acting and campaigning while showing his unstoppable determination, charisma, and love for life. Tommy's natural instinct to help others leaps out from the pages, as does his wish to make people aware that those with learning disabilities just want to be treated like everybody else.

A Life Worth Living is a powerful, moving and joyous memoir, a must-listen.

(P) Headline Publishing Group Ltd 2023

About Tommy Jessop

Tommy Jessop is a multi-award-winning actor starring in feature films and mainstream TV series - including Line of Duty and Coming Down the Mountain (written by Mark Haddon). Tommy also has an acclaimed stage career that includes being the first actor with Down Syndrome to play Hamlet on mainstream stages through his theatre company Blue Apple Theatre. He is the first actor with Down Syndrome to become a BAFTA member. His public profile has helped him campaign for, amongst other things, the passing of the Down Syndrome Act in Parliament - which aims to ensure suitable support and rights provisions for those with Down Syndrome. Tommy is an Ambassador to Mencap and Patron of the National Down Syndrome Policy Group.

About Jane Jessop

Jane Jessop is writer, social entrepreneur, and theatre producer who co-founded the Blue Apple Theatre company with Tommy. Jane has long been an ardent advocate for valuing the lives of people with Down Syndrome and has often spoken up on TV, Radio and in the press. She has a background in publishing, brand management and many volunteer roles. More recently she supports Tommy in his career and in his campaigning.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Price on January 29, 2024

Good words......more

Goodreads review by Diane Hidey on January 30, 2019

This is a book you will return to often. There are so many principles for living our life for Christ. If you want to be a better spouse, employee, friend, then this is the book for you also. In this book you will find important ideas like remembering names, starting things on time, putting God's Wor......more

Goodreads review by Anthony on July 03, 2021

I enjoyed this book. It wasn’t the greatest book ever or the most exciting, but it was sweet. How can you dislike a book that tells a bunch of stories of how a man changed peoples lives and that he did it because of his faith in Jesus? That’s a book worth reading! That’s all this book is. You want t......more

Goodreads review by Joe Belinko on January 17, 2022

What an incredible book. Chuck, Linda and family are an inspiration. They truly are living life to the full and have loved Christ and each other in all circumstances. So honored to have lived under Chucks leadership while on YL staff. Chucks 90 day time with the Lord daily challenge has impact my li......more

Goodreads review by Valerie on December 23, 2018

This was an amazing book with encouragement and stories for those in youth ministry, whether you are paid or a volunteer. Not only that, it's a great story of faith that anyone would be inspired and encouraged by.......more

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