In 2011, three years after leaving the NFL, Steve Gleason was diagnosed with ALS. Doctors gave him three years to live. He was thirty-four years old. This memoir is the chronicle of a remarkable life, one filled with optimism and joy, despite the trauma and pain and despair he has experienced. Written using eye-tracking software, Gleason covers his pre-ALS life through the highs and lows of his NFL career. This book captures Steve and his wife Michel's unmatched resilience as they reinvent their lives, refuse to succumb to despair, and face his disease realistically and existentially - and defeat it.
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