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Warrior Pose: How Yoga (Literally) Saved My Life

โœ Scribed by Bhava Ram, Brad Willis

Book ID
107818108
Publisher
BenBella Books, Inc.
Tongue
English
Weight
1 MB
Category
Fiction
ISBN-13
9781937856700

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

โœฆ Synopsis

From the front lines of the Gulf War to investigating Columbian drug lords to living with freedom fighters in the mountains of Afghanistan, war correspondent Brad Willis was accustomed to risk. But when mortal danger came, it was from an unexpected direction.

At the pinnacle of his career, a broken back and failed surgery left Willis permanently disabled and condemned to life in a body brace. Then came a diagnosis of terminal, stage IV throat cancer from exposure to depleted uranium on the battlefield.

At his 50th birthday party, friends gathered around Willis, who was crippled, mute, muddled on narcotic medications, depressed, and dying. It was only halfway through the celebration that Willis realized the party's true purpose--his friends were there to say a final goodbye.

Everyone knew Willis was on his way out โ€ฆ everyone except his 2-year-old son, who one day tearfully urged, "Get up, Daddy!" Willis desperately wanted to "get...

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