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Author:
Peet, Andrea Lytle, author.
Title:
Hope fights back : fifty marathons and a life-or-death race against ALS / Andrea Lytle Peet ; with Meredith Atwood.
Edition:
First Pegasus Books cloth edition.
Publisher:
Pegasus Books,
Copyright Date:
2023
Description:
304 pages : 16 pages of color photographs ; 23 cm.
Subject:
Peet, Andrea Lytle--Health.
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis--Patients--Biography.
Long-distance runners--United States--Biography.
Women runners--United States--Biography.
Runners (Sports)--United States--Biography.
Hope.
Marathon running.
Women runners.
Marathon running--United States--Biography.
Autobiographies.
Other Authors:
Atwood, Meredith, author.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-270).
Summary:
"Andrea Lytle Peet was thirty-three years old--an urban planner living in D.C., newly married, and a triathlete--when she received the death sentence of an ALS diagnosis (also known as Lou Gehrig's disease). After grappling with the fact that she will likely become paralyzed and die within two to five years, Andrea experienced an unexpected spark that changes her outlook in the most magnificent way"-- Provided by publisher.
ISBN:
1639364773
9781639364770
LCCN:
bl2024004935
Locations:
TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

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