<p><b>A BBC TWO <i>BETWEEN THE COVERS</i> BOOK CLUB PICK</b><br><br>After a car accident Jarred discovers he''ll never walk again. Confined to a ''giant roller-skate'', he finds himself with neither money nor job, a shoplifting habit, an addiction to painkillers and strangers treating him like he''s an idiot. Worse still, he''s forced to live back home with his estranged father.<br><br>Trying to piece himself together, Jarred comes to realise that things don''t have to stay broken after all. <i>The Coward</i> is about hurt and forgiveness, how the world treats disabled people, and how we write and rewrite the stories we tell ourselves about our lives - and try to find a happy ending.</p>