Double Take: A Memoir - Softcover

Connolly, Kevin Michael

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0061791520 ISBN 13: 9780061791529

Verlag: Harper Perennial, 2010

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Book by Connolly Kevin Michael

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"Kevin Connolly has used an unusual physical circumstance to create a gripping work of art. This deeply affecting memoir will place him in the company of Jeanette Walls and Augusten Burroughs." -- Sara Gruen, author of Water for Elephants "[A] charming memoir... Connolly recounts growing up a scrappy Montana kid-one who happened to be born without legs...[Double Take] makes for an empowering read." -- People "A courageous, immensely rewarding chronicle expressed in arresting words and pictures." -- Kirkus Reviews, starred review "Life's most successful survivors meet adversity head on, with an unflinching eye, candor and with humor. Kevin Connolly has such an eye and weaves a rich memoir from the gut about his amazing journey through life." -- Lee Woodruff, author of In an Instant "Beautiful, revealing, and stimulating...[Connolly] is a good storyteller...whether describing his first high school wrestling match, the path from novice to champion skier or what it's like to travel around the world on a skateboard." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) "Touching and comedic, inspiring and telling...[Double Take] is a remarkable portrait of the human spirit." -- The Free Lance-Star Publishing Co "[Double Take] reminds the reader that perspective is everything. It's an inspiring read about a human being who doesn't concern himself with what he has lost or never had. [Kevin Connolly] is a lucky man, sharing his bounty with us." -- Sacramento Book Review

Reseña del editor:

A remarkable memoir that explores what it means to be whole. Kevin Michael Connolly has seen the world in a way most of us never will. Whether being swarmed by flocks of by Japanese tourists at Epcot center as a child, or holding center court at the X Games on his monoski as a teenager, Kevin has been an object of curiosity since the day he was born without legs. In an attempt to capture the stares of others, Kevin traveled to 17 countries on his skateboard and took over 30,000 photographs of people gaping at him. In this strikingly candid memoir, Connolly casts the lens inward to explore how we view ourselves and what it is to truly see another person. Written with considerable wit, "Double Take" is an unsentimental coming of age story that will change the way you look at others, and the way you see yourself.

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• Verlag: Harper Perennial
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0061791520
• ISBN 13: 9780061791529
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 242