Travis Roy: Quadriplegia and a Life of Purpose

by Unknown ., Travis Roy (Foreword)

“I realize how fortunate I was to spend the first half of my life with a passion, thanks to my hockey career. It took me a while to realize it, but now I feel fortunate to have lived the second half of my life with a purpose.”– Travis Roy The dream goes from euphoric reality to tragic nightmare in a split second. The life of a hockey player ends; the life of a quadriplegic begins. Travis Quadriplegia and a Life of Purpose looks at Travis Roy’s search for meaning as a quadriplegic, and finding it. All proceeds from this book will be donated to the Travis Roy foundation, which funds research into a cure for spinal cord injuries and provides individual grants to survivors.

60 pages, Paperback

Published December 25, 2017

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[Gillian Brown]

had to read this for class but it’s a book so counting it towards my goal

[Isabel Petri Bere]

It’s like 50 pages long, and it was a required reading for a class, but it is a book, and I think I deserve to put this on my read list regardless of it being very short

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