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020 _a9780062379092
040 _cAE-ShPAA
050 _aGV857.S57
_bP87 2014
082 0 4 _a796.092
100 1 _aPurdy, Amy,
_eauthor.
_918702
245 1 0 _aOn my own two feet :
_bfrom losing my legs to learning the dance of life /
_cAmy Purdy with Michelle Burford.
250 _aFirst edition.
264 1 _aNew York, NY :
_bWilliam Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers,
_c[2014]
264 4 _c©2014.
300 _aviii, 248 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :
_bcolor illustrations ;
_c24 cm.
336 _astill image
_bsti
336 _atext
_btxt
337 _aunmediated
_bn
338 _avolume
_bnc
501 _aP.B
505 0 _aPrologue -- 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.
520 _aDancing 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.
520 _aPurdy 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.
600 1 0 _aPurdy, Amy.
_918703
611 2 0 _aParalympic Winter Games
_n(15th :
_d2014 :
_cSochi, Russia)
_918704
630 _aDancing with the stars (Television program)
_918705
650 0 _aAthletes
_aCloth or Hardcover.
_zUnited States
_vBiography.
_918706
650 4 _aADULT BOOKS.
_918707
650 4 _aBiography / Autobiography.
_aDancers
_zUnited States
_vBiography.
_918708
650 4 _aBIOGRAPHY/BIOGRAPHICAL.
_918709
650 4 _aEntertainment & Performing Arts - General.
_aAmputees
_zUnited States
_vBiography.
_918710
650 4 _aInspiration & Personal Growth.
_918711
650 4 _aPersonal Memoirs.
_aPeople with disabilities
_zUnited States
_vBiography.
_918712
700 1 _aBurford, Michelle,
_eauthor.
_918713
910 _a1609
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_d1143