Rob Law - 65 Roses and a Trunki: Defying the Odds in Life and Business

Rob provides all entrepreneurs with an inspirational example of courage and determination his life story is compulsive and compulsory reading.

Sir John Timpson CBE, Chairman, Timpson

Rob Law's life is an inspirational lesson in humility and resilience.

Richard Reed CBE, Co-Founder Innocent Drinks

A poignant memoir filled with physical bravery, entrepreneurial focus and a designers determination.

Andrew Lynch, Associate Business Editor, The Sunday Times

A stunningly honest and personal book from a man who has looked inside himself to make sense of the world, of business and what drives us to achieve. It speaks directly to purpose and how vital that is in business and life.

Paul Lindley OBE, Founder, Ella's Kitchen

Rob Law is an inspiration to us all. Read this book and you will understand why and how he's built a globally successful business and how he strives to ensure that each day counts. We can all learn something from reading these powerful pages; lessons to apply in our business, and in our life.

Emma Jones MBE, Founder, Enterprise Nation

Rob doesn't have the words no and can't in his dictionary. In this powerful, moving book, he shares his incredible personal story with lessons for us all about resilience and self-belief. For anyone who's got a dream, this is essential reading but I warn you now, your excuses for not taking action will ring hollow.

Nadine Dereza, Journalist, Presenter & Media Director

Rob's account of his life with CF is heart-warming and deeply moving. His grit and tenacity are an inspiration.

David Ramsden, Chief Executive Cystic Fibrosis Trust

A truly extraordinary and inspiring story, a must read for all aspiring entrepreneurs. Rob shows how persistence, belief and hard work are the must have tools required to build a successful business and brand

Richard Joseph, Co founder & CEO Joseph Joseph

A wonderful bookRob's frankness talking about cystic fibrosis and what he's doing to make lives better is inspiring

Will King, founder, King of Shaves

An inspirational story of resilience, hardship and humanity. I was hooked from page 1 and could not put it down. Truly anything in this world is possible.

Tom Pellereau, Inventor and Winner BBC Apprentice.

Rob is at heart a designer, one who brings empathy, curiosity, courage and a deep optimism to overcome every hurdle and aspire to make the world better. A life affirming book for all.

Clive Grinyer, Head of Service Design, Royal College of Art

At a time when the world is changing through a global pandemic, 65 Roses and a Trunki seems even more poignant to how we live, who we are and what we value. Rob Laws inspiring and powerfully moving story grabs you from the very first page. Its a powerful, honest and heartfelt story of survival against the odds. This is a book that everyone should read.

Professor Steven West CBE DL, Vice-Chancellor President and CEO, University of the West of England

ROB LAW MBE

WITH DR. PETER HUGHES

This edition first published 2020

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Law, Rob, 1977- author.

Title: 65 roses and a Trunki : defying the odds in life and business / Rob Law

Other titles: Sixty five roses and a Trunki

Description: Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom : John Wiley & Sons, 2020. | Includes index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2020000665 (print) | LCCN 2020000666 (ebook) | ISBN 9781119628590 (hardback) | ISBN 9781119628637 (adobe pdf) | ISBN 9781119628613 (epub)

Subjects: LCSH: Law, Rob, 1977- | Businessmen-Great Britain-Biography. | Luggage industryGreat Britain. | New business enterprisesGreat Britain. | Success in business-Great Britain.

Classification: LCC HC252.5.L39 A3 2020 (print) | LCC HC252.5.L39 (ebook) | DDC 338.7/68551092 [B]dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020000665

LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020000666

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Cover Design and Images: Rob Law & Phil Dobinson

For Kate, your bravery still inspires me today

In 1965, Mary Weiss volunteered to work for the Cystic Fibrosis Trust after learning that her three children suffered from the disease. Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a chronic illness that affects the respiratory, digestive and reproductive systems. It clogs the lungs with thick, sticky mucus and impairs the functioning of the pancreas. The result is a life of relentless physiotherapy, nebulisers, antibiotics and hospital admissions of varying severity. While treatments are improving and evolving, it kills most sufferers in their youth or in their prime.

When Richard was diagnosed, Mary Weiss moved the family from Montreal to Palm Beach in Florida on the advice of her doctor, who had told Mary that her children would be likely to die before they were 10 years old and the sea air would give them a better quality of life in what little time they had left.