{"product_id":"life-impossible-book-steve-gleason-9780593536810","title":"A Life Impossible","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom NFL player Steve Gleason, a powerful, inspiring memoir of love, heartbreak, resilience, family, and remarkable triumph in the face of ALS\u0026gt;\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGleason is a symbol of resilience, hope and optimism. --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times - \u003c\/i\u003eSteve Gleason has changed the world. -Roger Goodell, NFL Commissioner - An extraordinary book.\u003ci\u003eA Life Impossible\u003c\/i\u003e will change the way people cope, think, and live. -Mike Lupica, co-author with James Patterson of\u003ci\u003e 12 Months to Live\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHis 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis 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.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":49746676089105,"sku":"NGR9780593536810","price":38.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49913044500753,"sku":"CIN0593536819VG","price":6.08,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49944770674961,"sku":"CIN0593536819G","price":4.84,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51004385198353,"sku":"NIN9780593536810","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53226696999185,"sku":"GOR014815939","price":13.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0593536819.jpg?v=1751041164","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/life-impossible-book-steve-gleason-9780593536810","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}