A Life Impossible by Steve Gleason

A Life Impossible by Steve Gleason

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.

Duncan, Jeff: - Jeff Duncan has covered the New Orleans Saints for the Times-Picayune since 2000. He has worked as a newspaper reporter throughout the South, including stops at the Courier-Journal, USA Today, Florida Today, and the St. Petersburg Times. His stories have won numerous national and regional awards.

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ISBN 13	9780593536810
ISBN 10	0593536819
Title	A Life Impossible
Author	Steve Gleason
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Random House USA Inc
Year published	2024-04-30
Number of pages	320
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