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Life Impossible : Living with ALS: Finding Peace and Wisdom Within a Fragile Existence by Steve Gleason and Jeff Duncan (2024, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-100593536819
ISBN-139780593536810
eBay Product ID (ePID)10059018819
Product Key Features
Book TitleLife Impossible : Living with Als: Finding Peace and Wisdom Within a Fragile Existence
Number of Pages304 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicInspiration & Personal Growth, People with Disabilities, Sports
Publication Year2024
GenreBody, Mind & Spirit, Biography & Autobiography
AuthorSteve Gleason, Jeff Duncan
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.1 in
Item Weight20.5 Oz
Item Length9.6 in
Item Width6.7 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2023-048917
TitleLeadingA
Dewey Edition23/eng/20231214
Reviews"Steve Gleason has changed the world for a lot of people and literally given a voice to people who didn't have a voice." -Roger Goodell, NFL Commissioner "Steve Gleason stands for hope, and he stands for infinite possibilities." - Drew Brees, former New Orleans Saints quarterback, Praise for Steve Gleason and A Life Impossible "Steve Gleason has led an extraordinary life, and this is an extraordinary book. It is searingly honest, and doesn't gloss over anything, including the effect ALS has had on his mind, his body, his marriage, and his family. But what should be sad somehow becomes inspiring, and even, in a unique way, joyous and triumphant. A Life Impossible will change the way people cope, think, and live." -Mike Lupica; New York Daily News columnist, co-author with James Patterson of 12 Months to Live "Steve Gleason stands for hope, and he stands for infinite possibilities." -Drew Brees, former New Orleans Saints quarterback "Steve Gleason has led an extraordinary life, and this is an extraordinary book. It is searingly honest, and doesn't gloss over anything, including the effect ALS has had on his mind, his body, his marriage, and his family. But what should be sad somehow becomes inspiring, and even, in a unique way, joyous and triumphant. A Life Impossible will change the way people cope, think, and live." -Mike Lupica; New York Daily News columnist, co-author with James Patterson of 12 Months to Live "Steve Gleason has changed the world for a lot of people and literally given a voice to people who didn't have a voice." -Roger Goodell, NFL Commissioner, Praise for Steve Gleason and A Life Impossible "Steve Gleason has led an extraordinary life, and this is an extraordinary book. It is searingly honest, and doesn't gloss over anything, including the effect ALS has had on his mind, his body, his marriage, and his family. But what should be sad somehow becomes inspiring, and even, in a unique way, joyous and triumphant. A Life Impossible will change the way people cope, think, and live." -Mike Lupica; New York Daily News columnist, co-author with James Patterson of 12 Months to Live "Steve Gleason stands for hope, and he stands for infinite possibilities." -Drew Brees, former New Orleans Saints quarterback "Steve Gleason has, in the face of some extraordinarily bad luck, become one of the world's most inspiring people. Each day, he demonstrates that a mind imprisoned within a failing body can still live in freedom. This is a possibility that most of us can barely understand--and yet we at once recognize it to be an expression of the deepest love and highest wisdom." -Sam Harris, New York Times bestselling author, host of the Making Sense podcast, and creator of the Waking Up app "Steve Gleason has led an extraordinary life, and this is an extraordinary book. It is searingly honest, and doesn't gloss over anything, including the effect ALS has had on his mind, his body, his marriage, and his family. But what should be sad somehow becomes inspiring, and even, in a unique way, joyous and triumphant. A Life Impossible will change the way people cope, think, and live." -Mike Lupica; New York Daily News columnist, co-author with James Patterson of 12 Months to Live "Steve Gleason has changed the world for a lot of people and literally given a voice to people who didn't have a voice." -Roger Goodell, NFL Commissioner "The minute I met Steve and Michel, I knew it would change my life and the lives of millions around the world. Steve has a vision for the role of technology as part of the human experience, and it's our collective responsibility to bring that vision to life." -Jenny Lay-Flurrie, Chief Accessibility Officer, Microsoft
Dewey Decimal616.8/39
SynopsisFrom NFL player Steve Gleason, a powerful, often harrowing memoir of love, heartbreak, resilience, and remarkable triumph in the face of ALS, From NFL player Steve Gleason, a powerful, inspiring memoir of love, heartbreak, resilience, family, and remarkable triumph in the face of ALS "Gleason is a symbol of resilience, hope and optimism." -- The New York Times - " Steve Gleason has changed the world." -Roger Goodell, NFL Commissioner - "An extraordinary book... A Life Impossible will change the way people cope, think, and live." -Mike Lupica, co-author with James Patterson of 12 Months to Live In 2011, three years after leaving the NFL, Steve Gleason was diagnosed with ALS, a terminal disease that takes away the ability to move, talk, and breathe. Doctors gave him three years to live. He was thirty-three years old. As Steve says, he is now ten years past his expiration date. His memoir is the chronicle of a remarkable life, one filled with optimism and joy, despite the trauma and pain and despair he has experienced. Writing using eye-tracking technology, Gleason covers his pre-ALS life through the highs and lows of his NFL career with the New Orleans Saints, where he made one of the most memorable plays in Saints history, leading to a victory in the first post-Katrina home game, uplifting the city, making him a hero, and reflected in a nine-foot bronze statue outside the Superdome. Then came his heartbreaking diagnosis. Gleason lost all muscle function, he now uses Stephen Hawking-like technology to communicate, and breathes with the help of a ventilator. This book captures Gleason and his wife Michel's unmatched resilience as they reinvent their lives, refuse to succumb to despair, and face his disease realistically and existentially. This unsparing portrait argues that a person's true strength does not reside solely in one's body but also in the ability to face unfathomable adversity and still be able to love and treasure life., From NFL player Steve Gleason, a powerful, inspiring memoir of love, heartbreak, resilience, family, and remarkable triumph in the face of ALS "Gleason is a symbol of resilience, hope and optimism." -- The New York Times * " Steve Gleason has changed the world." -Roger Goodell, NFL Commissioner * "An extraordinary book... A Life Impossible will change the way people cope, think, and live." -Mike Lupica, co-author with James Patterson of 12 Months to Live In 2011, three years after leaving the NFL, Steve Gleason was diagnosed with ALS, a terminal disease that takes away the ability to move, talk, and breathe. Doctors gave him three years to live. He was thirty-three years old. As Steve says, he is now ten years past his expiration date. His memoir is the chronicle of a remarkable life, one filled with optimism and joy, despite the trauma and pain and despair he has experienced. Writing using eye-tracking technology, Gleason covers his pre-ALS life through the highs and lows of his NFL career with the New Orleans Saints, where he made one of the most memorable plays in Saints history, leading to a victory in the first post-Katrina home game, uplifting the city, making him a hero, and reflected in a nine-foot bronze statue outside the Superdome. Then came his heartbreaking diagnosis. Gleason lost all muscle function, he now uses Stephen Hawking-like technology to communicate, and breathes with the help of a ventilator. This book captures Gleason and his wife Michel's unmatched resilience as they reinvent their lives, refuse to succumb to despair, and face his disease realistically and existentially. This unsparing portrait argues that a person's true strength does not reside solely in one's body but also in the ability to face unfathomable adversity and still be able to love and treasure life.
LC Classification NumberRC406.A24G54 2024
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