Can't Nothing Bring Me Down by Ida Keeling

Can't Nothing Bring Me Down by Ida Keeling

In Cant Nothing Bring Me Down, youll meet Ida Keeling, a 104-year-old, world-record-holding runner, who discovered running after the murders of her two sons had sent her into depression. Now she shares her story to inspire you to keep going, keep running, and keep holding tight to God.

102-year-old Ida Potter Keeling is a mother, activist, and runner. Miss Ida, as she is known in her Bronx community, grew up the child of immigrants during the Depression. She began working to help provide for her family at age 12. After her husband passed, she raised her four children alone in a single bedroom apartment while serving as an active member in the Civil Rights movement. She started running at 67 years old to chase away the grief following the murders of her two sons. Today, Ida is a world record-holder for the 60-meter dash in the 95-99 age group, the 100-meter dash for the 100-104 age group, and continues to set new records with each race. Anita Diggs is the author of seven fiction and nonfiction books. As an editor and senior editor at Time Warner Publishing, Thunder’s Mouth Press, and Random House, she acquired and edited both fiction and memoir. She holds a BA from the State University of New York/Empire State College and an MFA in Creative Writing and Memoir from Hunter College.

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ISBN 13	9780310349891
ISBN 10	0310349893
Title	Can't Nothing Bring Me Down
Author	Ida Keeling
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Zondervan
Year published	2018-03-22
Number of pages	208
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