Learning to Breathe: One Woman's Journey of Spirit and Survival

Learning to Breathe: One Woman's Journey of Spirit and Survival
ISBN-10
1594630461
ISBN-13
9781594630460
Series
Learning to Breathe
Category
Biography & Autobiography
Pages
271
Language
English
Published
2008
Publisher
Penguin
Author
Alison Wright

Description

A spiritual account of the author's survival of a grueling accident and subsequent effort to climb Mount Kilimanjaro describes her suffering, her months of surgeries and physical therapy, and her ascent on her fortieth birthday.

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