Little Legs, Big Heart
One Girl’s Journey of Acceptance, Perseverance, and Growth
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5.0 • 3 Ratings
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- $4.99
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- $4.99
Publisher Description
For author Kristen DeAndrade, it doesn’t matter how long your legs are. You can only take one step at a time. Born with achondroplasia, dwarfism, she chronicles her personal journey of facing challenges and breaking barriers in Little Legs, Big Heart.
Through diary entries from her childhood journal, combined with a humorously, honest narrative, she shares her sheer determination growing up in the face of adversity and undergoing multiple medical procedures, including extended limb lengthening, which she opted to brave at the age of twelve.
Narrating both the physical and emotional challenges, DeAndrade offers a look at her strength in facing her challenges head on in a story filled with both integrity and interminable sass. Little Legs, Big Heart journeys through tears, laughter, devastation, and hope as it tells about a girl on a mission to find her identity. It gives a new perspective on life’s challenges and shows the world how to meet the varied demands of life with grit and grace.
Customer Reviews
Amazing and inspiring story!
Thank you Kristen for writing this book!!! I think anyone would benefit greatly by reading this book and understanding your perspective on what it means to be ‘different’ and how the trials of life only make us stronger!
Little Legs, Big Heart
I was lucky enough to meet Kristen this summer in Maine at her summer cottage.
She tells her incredible story through laughter and tears, she is such a great storyteller I really couldn’t put it down .
I would highly recommend this read, I feel as though I’m a better person for doing so. Loved it!