Overview

Abandoned at just 15 months on a London street, Danny Scott's life began with harsh rejection - and the years that followed only deepened it - echoing throughout his life. Children's homes. Foster care. The savage brutality of a 1970s boarding school that pushed him to the edge of suicide. Expelled at 16, barely literate, his future looked non-existent - permanently extinguished before it ever had a chance to ignite. Yet it wasn't. Decades later, Danny has built an international career spanning 40 countries - from corporate boardrooms to prison cells, prestigious universities to youth detention centres, stages and performing arts academies to psychiatric wards. But the question remains: How does someone transform the scarred anguish of abandonment and abuse into genuine, sustained meaning and purpose? NUMB - The Edge of Feeling answers that question through visceral storytelling, hard-won wisdom, cathartic reflection, and joyful humour. Part memoir, part survival manual, it chronicles the brutal reality of institutional trauma before offering something extremely valuable - practical tools for anyone navigating their own darkness toward light. For the 1-in-3 who've walked this road themselves, and the 1-in-2 who know someone that has, this is a celebration, a testimony to the possibility of radical transformation, and a roadmap for those still finding their way...

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9781919525303

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""This is a very brave book ... utterly compelling - heart-breaking yet profoundly uplifting"" Adrian Snell: Composer, Recording /Performing Artist and Consultant. ""An awe-inspiring story of courage and immense resilience"" Martyn Joseph: Multi-Award-Winning Singer/Songwriter and Activist. ""A legend - a remarkable guy and one of the most gifted people I know in his field..."" Patrick Regan (OBE) Speaker/Writer, Social Justice Advocate

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Danny Scott is a professional theatre-arts practitioner, director, consultant and mentor, specialising in life-skills, corporate consultancy and the performing arts. Despite leaving school at 16 with no qualifications, Danny won a scholarship to the London Mime Centre and graduated with a Double Distinction. He also has a BA and MA in the Arts.

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