The Winning Spirit: Life Lessons Learned in Last Place - Rilegato

Koplowitz, Zoe; Celizic, Mike

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ISBN 10: 0385489870 ISBN 13: 9780385489874

Casa editrice: Doubleday, 1999

Riassunto

A touching and poignant look at the author, who has multiple sclerosis, and her dramatic last-place finish in the 1996 New York City Marathon gives advice on how to follow your dreams, find success over limitations, and enhance self-confidence and acceptance.

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the New York City Marathon came in 28, 657th--not just last, but dramatically last; 27 hours and 36 minutes after beginning on the Verrazano Bridge at 6:00 am the previous morning. Zoe Koplowitz has multiple sclerosis. And for Zoe, the marathon has become a touchstone for personal triumph over adversity. The Winning Spirit: Life Lessons Learned in Last Place will be an inspirational book in which Zoe uses the marathon as a metaphor for telling the stories she has learned from living triumphantly with multiple sclerosis: the importance of self-acceptance, following your dreams, courage in the face of adversity, excelling despite perceived limitations and the beauty of unconditional love. It will include stories of the people who have helped her: Guardian Angels, the Achilles Track Club, gang members of the Bronx who call ahead each year to ensure her safe passage. The Winning Spirit will show readers how to tap into the magic and strength inside them. As Zoe writes," Ther

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Doubleday
• Data di pubblicazione: 1999
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0385489870
• ISBN 13: 9780385489874
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 226
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• Persona responsabile: non disponibile