By turns poignant, darkly comic, and ultimately triumphant, this penetrating memoir charts a young man's journey to adulthood as he struggles to reclaim his life in the aftermath of a devastating accident.
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By turns poignant, darkly comic, and ultimately triumphant, this penetrating memoir charts a young man's journey to adulthood as he struggles to reclaim his life in the aftermath of a devastating accident.
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8vo. Brown cloth spine and cream paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. xviii, 266pp. Fine/fine. First edition of this memoir by the noted journalist recounting his spine-shattering 1967 accident and how he defied the quadriplegia diagnosis--boldly inscribed and signed by him in black ballpoint on an inner flyleaf: "To Nathan--/ Enjoy the book / and enjoy the summer. / Best, / Steve Fiffer."
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8vo. Brown cloth spine and cream paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. xviii, 266pp. Fine/near fine. First edition of this memoir by the noted journalist chronicling his 1967 spine-shattering accident and his struggle to defy the quadriplegia diagnosis--nicely signed and inscribed signed by him in black ballpoint on an inner flyleaf: "To Gail and Lewis / Dear friends / With affection / Steve Fiffer / 3/13/99."
