Binding: Paperback
Description: College soccer star Mark Zupan had been out drinking one night and had passed out in the back of his best friend's pickup truck when his friend got in the driver's seat decided to take the truck for a spin and accidentally crashed it. Thrown into a canal and stuck in frigid water for fourteen hours Mark was finally rescued and learned soon after that he'd broken his neck. He'd most likely be a quadriplegic and spend the rest of his life in a wheelchair doctors told him. At first Mark's only goal was to walk again. When that proved impossible he fell into the depths of anger and despair retreating from the world and the people closest to him. But love friendship and a new sport quad rugby (a. k. a. "murderball") helped Mark create a new existence that's truly exceptional. Gimp the no - holds - barred memoir of a Paralympic athlete and the star of the Academy Award nominated documentary Murderball is an inspiring defiant and revealing celebration of spirit and will that confounds readers prejudices by offering proof that a guy in a chair can still do amazing things: have sex with his girlfriend party with his friends even crowd - surf at Pearl Jam shows.
Title: Gimp The Story Behind The Star Of Murderball
Author(s): Swanson Tim
Publisher: Harperentertainment
Barcode: 9780061127694
Pages: 276 Pages, Illustrations
Publication Date: 1/15/2020
Category: Prose: Non-Fiction