
Numb - the edge of feeling
The story they said couldn't be written, by the man they said couldn't succeed
Danny Scott(Author)
Diakonos Publishing
Published on 17. April 2026
Book
Paperback/Softback
298 pages
978-1-9195253-0-3 (ISBN)
Description
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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Language
English
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
558 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-9195253-0-3 (9781919525303)
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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.