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Ian's Ride
- Narrator
- Tom Campbell
- Publisher
- Tantor Media, Inc
- Publish Date
- 1 April 2025
- Run Time
- 6 hours 23 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
Ian's Ride is both a personal journey and an adventure quest for nature lovers, endurance athletes, and anyone struggling with a life-changing loss or diagnosis. This deeply moving true story examines how we exist in our bodies, adapt to and overcome adversity, and above all what makes our hearts tick.
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- Author
- Ian Mackay, Karen Polinsky
- Narrator
- Tom Campbell
- Duration
- 6 hours 23 minutes
- Release Date
- 1 April 2025
- ISBN
- 9798331946388
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Tantor Media, Inc
- Genre
- Biography: general, Conservation of the environment, Disability: social aspects
Synopsis
While studying as a biology undergrad at UC Santa Cruz, Ian Mackay crashed his bike into a tree on campus. Paralyzed from the shoulders down, Mackay adapted to his new life with the help of his dedicated family, particularly his mother, Teena Woodward, and a group of quirky friends. After years of despair, and against all odds, he became an inspiring leader, an innovator with Apple, and a world-record-breaking athlete. In this intimate memoir based on more than one hundred hours of interviews, journal entries, and more, writer Karen Polinsky recounts with Ian his accident and determined recovery, in which he discovered the healing power of nature and community.Ian's Ride is both a personal journey and an adventure quest for nature lovers, endurance athletes, and anyone struggling with a life-changing loss or diagnosis. This deeply moving true story examines how we exist in our bodies, adapt to and overcome adversity, and above all what makes our hearts tick.
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