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On my own two feet : from losing my legs to learning the dance of life / Amy Purdy with Michelle Burford.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2014]Copyright date: ©2014Edition: First editionDescription: viii, 248 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • still image
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780062379092
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 796.092
LOC classification:
  • GV857.S57 P87 2014
Contents:
Prologue -- The stranger -- Desert daydreams -- Bonfires and snowboard -- A different world -- The edge -- Awake -- Ground shift -- Home -- New season -- The gift -- Connection -- Action plan -- Transition -- Horizons -- The race -- New roles -- Sochi -- Universal rhythm -- Reflections.
Summary: Dancing With the Stars sensation Amy Purdy reveals the story of how losing her legs led her to find a spiritual path. When the Las Vegas native was just nineteen, she contracted bacterial meningitis and was given less than a two percent chance of survival. In a near-death experience, she saw three figures who told her: "You can come with us, or you can stay. No matter what happens in your life, it's all going to make sense in the end." In that moment, Amy chose to live.Summary: Purdy inspired a nation on Dancing with the Stars. Here she reveals the intimate details of her triumphant comeback from the brink of death to making history as a Paralympic snowboarder. At nineteen she contracted bacterial meningitis and was given less than a two percent chance of survival.Her journey is a testament to the resilience of the human spirit and the capacity we all have to dream bigger, defy expectations, and rewrite our stories.
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Prologue -- The stranger -- Desert daydreams -- Bonfires and snowboard -- A different world -- The edge -- Awake -- Ground shift -- Home -- New season -- The gift -- Connection -- Action plan -- Transition -- Horizons -- The race -- New roles -- Sochi -- Universal rhythm -- Reflections.

Dancing With the Stars sensation Amy Purdy reveals the story of how losing her legs led her to find a spiritual path. When the Las Vegas native was just nineteen, she contracted bacterial meningitis and was given less than a two percent chance of survival. In a near-death experience, she saw three figures who told her: "You can come with us, or you can stay. No matter what happens in your life, it's all going to make sense in the end." In that moment, Amy chose to live.

Purdy inspired a nation on Dancing with the Stars. Here she reveals the intimate details of her triumphant comeback from the brink of death to making history as a Paralympic snowboarder. At nineteen she contracted bacterial meningitis and was given less than a two percent chance of survival.Her journey is a testament to the resilience of the human spirit and the capacity we all have to dream bigger, defy expectations, and rewrite our stories.

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