Double Take: A Memoir - Brossura

Connolly, Kevin Michael

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ISBN 10: 0061791520 ISBN 13: 9780061791529

Casa editrice: Perennial, 2010

Riassunto

“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

“Charming ... Connolly recounts growing up a scrappy Montana kid—one who happened to be born without legs... [Double Take] makes for an empowering read.” — People

As featured on 20/20, NPR, and in the Washington Post: Kevin Connolly is a young man born without legs who travels the world—by skateboard, with his camera—on his “Rolling Exhibition,” snapping pictures of peoples’ reactions to him... and finds out along the way what it truly means to be human.

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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)

L'autore:

Kevin Connolly was born in Helena, Montana in August of 1985. Born without legs, Kevin was otherwise a healthy baby and grew up like any other Montana kid; getting dirty, running in the woods, and getting dirty some more. In the way developments tend to snowball, Kevin began skateboarding and taking photographs for the first time in 2005. His first taste of living abroad came in 2006 when he left to study in New Zealand for one year. It was on the return home - skating down a backstreet in Vienna - that Kevin took his first prototype photo for what was to become The Rolling Exhibition. Kevin currently lives in Bozeman, Montana as a photographer and professional skier. For more information on Kevin's other endeavors, please navigate to www.kevinmichael connolly.com

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• Editore: Perennial
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0061791520
• ISBN 13: 9780061791529
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 227