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02819aam a22003378i 4500 001 CD1DC19E013611EFB509D4AA50ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240423010034 008 231125s2024 nyu 000 0aeng 010 $a 2023048917 020 $a 0593536819 020 $a 9780593536810 040 $a LBSOR $b eng $e rda $c LBSOR $d DLC $d SILO 050 00 $a RC406.A24 $b G54 2024 082 00 $2 23/eng/20231214 100 1 $a Gleason, Steve, $d 1977- $e author. 245 12 $a A LIFE IMPOSSIBLE : $b LIVING WITH ALS : FINDING PEACE AND WISDOM WITHIN A FRAGILE EXISTENCE / $c Steve Gleason with Jeff Duncan. 250 $a First edition. 263 $a 2404 264 1 $a New York : $b Alfred A. Knopf, $c 2024. 300 $a pages cm 500 $a 2024/04/30 505 0 $a Naked tears -- Roots -- Growth -- Sports -- Saints -- Michel -- Nola -- Rebirth -- 165 Days -- Failure -- Disbelief -- Into the unknown - the odyssey -- Resolve -- Losing control -- Darkness -- Compassion -- Being the light -- Gratitude and service -- Fatherhood -- The beauty of being broken. 520 $a "In 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 tenyears past his expiration date. His 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 throughthe 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. This unsparing portrait argues that a person's true strength does not reside solely in one's body but also inthe ability to face unfathomable adversity and still be able to love and treasure life"-- $c Provided by publisher. 600 10 $a Gleason, Steve, $d 1977- $x Health. 650 0 $a Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis $x Patients $v Biography. 650 0 $a Football players $z United States $v Biography. $9 81978 700 1 $a Duncan, Jeff, $e author. 941 $a 1 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20240423010202.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=CD1DC19E013611EFB509D4AA50ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search