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In a Single Bound: Losing My Leg, Finding Myself, and Training for Life
In a Single Bound Losing My Leg Finding Myself and Training for Life Author:Sarah Reinertsen, Alan Goldsher NOW IN PAPERBACK!An inspiring memoir of courage, spirit, and determination A must-read for disabled readers seeking inspiration for their dreams, and will hold the interestand crush the excuses - of those training for marathons and triathlons.?Kirkus Reviews Sarah Reinertsen was born with a congenit... more »al birth defect. At the age of seven, her leg was amputated.
At the age of thirteen, she broke the 100-meter world record for female above-the-knee amputees. At the age of thirty, she became the first female leg-amputee to complete the Ironman World Championship in Hawaii. A year later, in CBS?s reality television show The Amazing Race 10, she scaled the Great Wall of China. This book tells her story. Touching, funny, and honest, In a Single Bound is the story of how a feisty little girl from Long Island became one of the world?s most famous disabled sports figures. But it is also a gripping memoir of inner strength, about a one-legged child trying to fit in with her two-legged friendsabout a woman who dared to fear less and live more. « less