CRASHED : How Trashing A Ferrari Saved My Life

"A car crash is the most dramatic event we are likely to experience in our entire lives apart from our own deaths." - J.G Ballard“A rollercoaster of emotions ride. Enthralling from start to finish.” – James Frey, A Million Little Pieces To celebrate her 14 year clean and sober birthday, Ferguson organises to take a R3.2 million rand Ferrari California out on a test drive for the day. Twenty minutes before she returns the car to the dealership, she is involved in a spectacular car crash, during which she experiences a near death collision.The crash is a catalyst for a series of life-changing events. Over the following months her long term relationship implodes in a heart ripping showdown of betrayal and deception. She is faced with a litany of legal and financial nightmares as a result of the Ferrari being written off, while certain members of the dog-eat-dog motoring journo fraternity. relish in her downfall.Gripped by relentless insomnia and recurring images of the car spinning out of control, Ferguson's mind begins to unhinge until in desperation she admits herself to an upmarket clinic, the Hotel Hospital, to try find a semblance of sanity.In her trademark gritty tell-it-all and often hilarious style, Ferguson interrogates the controversial pharmawhore psychiatric industry as she is diagnosed and medicated during her three week stay at the clinic.Ultimately Crashed sees Ferguson slowly coming to grips with the meaninglessness of material success, as she embarks on a painful journey of introspection, in search of inner peace and self love in a world that’s out of control. It's South Africa's very own The Girl (Monk) Who Crashed (Sold) her (his) Ferrari.Crashed is the final part of the 3-part memoir trilogy, following in the steps of her bestsellers, Smacked (2005) and Hooked (2010). Read more