Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1278918 in Books
• Published on: 1995-07
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 371 pages

Customer Reviews

Hockenberry tells wheelchair life as it reallyexists.
After 25 years of working with disabled students, I myself suddenly fought to stay alive and then spent nine months in rehabilitation. As a person who graduated from the same "rehab boot camp" as John Hockenberry, I identify with much of his book.After ffive years, I can walk, but am reading John's book very slowly. Life is great!

A humorous and entertianing reality
John Hockenberry eloquently shows the reader his life. He tells not only of his exciting career and (sometimes very personal) personal life, but of the trials and tribulations of having a disability. I applaud him for his candidness!

Wonderfully "moving", humorous, and insightful
I know I'll never view someone in a wheelchair quite the same again. John Hockenberry cuts himself no slack, and he expects the same of those around him. Besides being a wonderful chronicle of our times, it is also a story of someone who never feels he is limited by his handicap, but who often is limited by well-meaning friends, family and associates. If it is true that humor can help achieve "wellness", he is one of the truly whole! Hockenberry truly has raised his sense of irony to an art form.