Eyes to the Wind
A Memoir of Love and Death, Hope and Resistance
by Ady Barkan
Should I read this?
Recommended by 1 source and appears in Politics, Social Sciences, and Nonfiction.
In this inspirational and moving memoirreminiscent of When Breath Becomes Air and The Bright Houractivist Ady Barkan explores his life with ALS and how his diagnosis gave him a profound new understanding of his commitment to social justice for all. Ady Barkan loved taking afternoon runs on the California coast and holding his newborn son, Carl. But...
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Recommended by 1 source and appears in Politics, Social Sciences, and Nonfiction.
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Linda Sarsour
“PLEASE read @AdyBarkan’s book. So timely, so moving. It will transform how you look at this world and your role in it. He’s dying of ALS, yet has figured out how to breathe so much life in to others.”
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