Uphill is a compelling addition to anyone’s book collection and is an inconceivable but remarkable true story. Geoffrey has intelligently crafted a story that draws the reader into his life and the horrifying events that unfold. It is a human study of love and betrayal, suffering and strength, courage and hope.
Geoffrey picks out parts of his past and develops this antihero character. He builds up his self-made life and travels the world, adding English humour and sarcasm. The emotions are wrapped in detailed honesty and truths as his life comes crashing down, forced into devastating and chronic circumstances which would have finished off most people. Somehow, through thirteen left knee surgeries, a precedent-setting divorce, a forest fire that destroyed his new neighbourhood, jail, businesses, international travel and unfathomable cycling heroics, he was able to sustain a life that even left the renowned medical profession stunned.
Uphill is claimed by many to be one of the best books they have ever read. It is a remarkable story, not because he wrote it, but because he lived it, and Survived.
Those accolades were validated when it was nominated for a CIPA EVVY Independent Writer’s award in the summer of 2020.
It would be impossible to envision any reader closing the book and not coming away with something. Branded a very important piece of work, how Geoffrey escaped an abyss events and selfish people tossed him into is surely an inspiration and will encourage us all.
If you are going through hell, keep going – Winston Churchill