Eyes to the Wind Eyes to the Wind

Eyes to the Wind

A Memoir of Love and Death, Hope and Resistance

    • 3.8 • 24 Ratings
    • $12.99

Publisher Description

In this “gripping story of resistance and the triumph of human will” (Senator Elizabeth Warren), activist and subject of the documentary Not Going Quietly 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 one day, he noticed a troubling weakness in his hand. At first, he brushed it off as carpal tunnel syndrome, but after a week of neurological exams and two MRIs, he learned the cause of the problem: amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, better known as ALS or Lou Gehrig’s disease. At age thirty-two, Ady was given just three to four years to live. Yet despite the devastating diagnosis, he refused to let his remaining days go to waste.

Eyes to the Wind is a rousing memoir featuring intertwining storylines about determination, perseverance, and how to live a life filled with purpose and intention. The first traces Ady’s battle with ALS: how he turned the initial shock and panic from his diagnosis into a renewed commitment to social justice—not despite his disability but because of it. The second, told in flashbacks, illustrates Ady’s journey from a goofy political nerd to a prominent figure in the enduring fight for equity and justice whose “selfless activism fighting to make health care a right should be an inspiration to us all” (Senator Bernie Sanders).

From one of the most vocal advocates for social justice, Eyes to the Wind’s “primary question is existential: how to live when you are dying? Barkan’s answer is to share, open up, act, and capital-R Resist, and his memoir, clearly and candidly written, establishes a legacy” (Booklist).

GENRE
Biographies & Memoirs
RELEASED
2019
September 10
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
304
Pages
PUBLISHER
Atria Books
SELLER
Simon & Schuster Digital Sales LLC
SIZE
4
MB

Customer Reviews

hayforkhills ,

Excellent book.

Best book I’ve read this year.

Granny Smith's Apple Review ,

🇺🇸💔💦✨THANK 💖 YOU✨ 👏🏻💞@AdyBarkan🇺🇸‼️

🇺🇸💔💦✨THANK 💖 YOU✨ 👏🏻💞@AdyBarkan @ewarren🇺🇸

✨”The work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives ... and the dream shall never die.”✨

~ 👏🏻💞 Senator Edward M. (Ted) Kennedy 🇺🇸

✨💞👫🇺🇸 #ProtectOurCare ⛑ #ForThePeople 🇺🇸👫💞✨

✨👫💞⛑ #MedicareForALL ⛑💞👫✨

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