GIMP: When Life Deals You a Crappy Hand, You Can Fold -or You Can Play pdf
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GIMP: When Life Deals You a Crappy Hand, You Can Fold -or You Can Play. Mark Zupan, Tim Swanson
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ISBN: 006112768X,9780061127687 | 285 pages | 15 Mb
GIMP: When Life Deals You a Crappy Hand, You Can Fold -or You Can Play Mark Zupan, Tim Swanson
Publisher: HarperCollins
From Publishers Weekly
"I hate being called handicapped," says Zupan, whose competitiveness at quadriplegic rugby brought him national attention as one of the stars of the Oscar-nominated documentary Murderball. A passionate athlete before breaking his neck in an automobile accident when he was 18 years old, Zupan, now 31, is determined to play just as hard as ever from a wheelchair. But with his team's performance in the 2002 Paralympics already covered in the documentary, the sport that made him famous is relegated to a comparatively small portion of this memoir. Instead, Zupan focuses on the slow recovery process after his accident. Refusing to gloss his story, he speaks frankly and humorously about subjects like "quad sex." While watching the best friend who caused the accident tear himself apart with guilt, he describes how his own bottled-up frustrations impeded his recovery, leading him to stalk his ex-girlfriend and, years later, to be convicted on a drunk driving charge. As in the film, Zupan makes an unforgettable impression with his raw, brash energy.
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In 1993, after a night of hard drinking, 18-year-old Zupan curled up for a nap in the bed of his buddy's truck. A freak turn of events later, he was hurled out of the truck and into a canal, where he clung to life--and a tree--for 14 hours. Suddenly a quadriplegic (although with some movement in his arms and legs), the author faced a long and difficult recovery. This memoir chronicles that recovery and Zupan's rise to fame as a superstar in the sport of quadriplegic rugby, also known as Murderball (and also the title of the award-winning documentary that featured Zupan). Like quadriplegic artist John Callahan's Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot (1990), the book is alternately funny, biting, snarky, self-indulgent, and moving. Despite the hardships Zupan has endured, he firmly believes he's a lucky guy, and that optimistic attitude is what makes his memoir so enjoyable: it really is a story about success and tackling life on one's own terms. David Pitt
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