{"product_id":"a-life-impossible-finding-peace-and-wisdom-within-a-fragile-existence-9780593470589","title":"A Life Impossible: Finding Peace and Wisdom Within a Fragile Existence","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom NFL player Steve Gleason, a powerful, inspiring memoir of love, heartbreak, resilience, family, and remarkable triumph in the face of ALS \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Gleason 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/06\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780593470589\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.10w x 0.70d","brand":"Steve Gleason, Jeff Duncan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45331894173877,"sku":"9780593470589","price":16.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_f12d750a-8320-4ad6-bee5-e435987c27a4.jpg?v=1745938435","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/a-life-impossible-finding-peace-and-wisdom-within-a-fragile-existence-9780593470589","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}