Book - TAMELA

TAMELA – When Life Hits You Like a Bus

A story of survival, strength, and rediscovering yourself

What do you do when life changes in an instant? When everything you took for granted crumbles, and you’re forced to rebuild yourself from the ground up?

In her autobiography TAMELA – When Life Throws You Under the Bus, Tamela Hedström—internationally award-winning artist, author, and speaker—shares her gripping story of the day her life took an unexpected turn. A life-altering accident not only jeopardized her career and future but also challenged her inner strength, identity, and will to keep moving forward.

With a unique mix of brutal honesty, insight, inspiration, and a healthy dose of humor, Tamela takes the reader on a journey through pain, healing, and the inexplicable power of human resilience. This isn’t just a book about survival—it’s a book about coming back stronger than ever. A story for anyone who has ever faced adversity, sought hope, or wanted to learn how to turn life’s toughest challenges into their greatest strength.

TAMELA – When Life Throws You Under the Bus is more than a story—it’s a tribute to resilience, courage, and the ability to create a new future, no matter what has happened.

Tamela Hedström was born in 1981 in Uppsala, Sweden, and spent her childhood and youth in both Sweden and Costa Rica, her second home. She had just trained as a dancer in Cuba and begun a promising career as a singer when a dramatic accident nearly cost her life. Severely injured, she faced a grueling battle to save her foot—which doctors wanted to amputate. That struggle would stretch over many years and countless surgeries. Yet Tamela continued her artistic career, eventually earning a Latin Grammy nomination entirely through her own determination. Her story is a relentless call to never give up, no matter how impossible or hopeless life may seem.