Everyone shares a fear of “losing face”. Of losing all we rely on for our unique sense of identity and of losing the status that comes with the image. In a single unanticipated moment, Kathy Torpie literally lost her face when her facial skeleton was shattered by a head on collision with a drunk driver.

Previously an active, adventurous, physically fit, and fiercely independent woman, she suddenly found herself disabled, disfigured and helplessly dependent on machines, even to breath. With her face, her confidence, her fearless sense of invulnerability and easy physicality equally shattered, she wondered who had survived the accident.

Losing Face tells of Kathy’s extraordinary struggle to regain her face and sense of self – the ‘me’ behind the face, the body, the personality and achievements. Much more than a personal story, Losing Face is a story of spiritual transformation with universal appeal. It offers valuable insights to anyone confronted by traumatic, life altering loss and to those wanting to support them in their journey.

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