| The Luckiest Girl in the World: My Story of Struggle and Hope in Overcoming Pediatric Stroke Contributor(s): Lonardo, Paul (Author), Bruschi, Tedy (Author), Coyle, Jamie Lee (Author) |
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ISBN: 1503119270 ISBN-13: 9781503119277 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $16.10 Product Type: Paperback Published: November 2014 |
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| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs |
| Physical Information: 0.3" H x 5" W x 7.99" (0.32 lbs) 138 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Growing up, everyone would always say how lucky I was, but at the time I was not sure what they meant. I was just doing what I always loved; skating and playing ice hockey. Everything seemed to go my way, from winning virtually every raffle I entered to scoring the game-winning goal whenever my team needed it. As I got a little older, I could feel these things before they happened, as if I knew that I was going to catch the corner of the net to get the puck past the goalie as time expired. I felt like the luckiest girl in the world. Becoming an Olympian was something I thought about as far back as I could remember. By the time I was twelve, I was well on my way to living my dream. Then, on August 9, 2008 I suffered a stroke during a hockey game. No one suspected that such a thing could happen to a twelve-year old, but as the reality of pediatric stroke turned my dream into a nightmare, the journey back to skating and playing hockey again showed me just how much I could accomplish with the love and support of my family and people all around me who cared. And I came to realize that I truly was the luckiest girl in the world. |
