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On My Own Two Feet: From Losing My Legs to Learning the Dance of Life Paperback – September 22, 2015

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Amy Purdy, who inspired a nation on Dancing with the Stars and has been called a hero by Oprah Winfrey, reveals the intimate details of her triumphant comeback from the brink of death to making history as a Paralympic snowboarder.

In this poignant and uplifting memoir, Dancing With the Stars sensation Amy Purdy reveals the story of how losing her legs led her to find a spiritual path. When the Las Vegas native was just nineteen, she contracted bacterial meningitis and was given less than a two percent chance of survival. In a near-death experience, she saw three figures who told her: “You can come with us, or you can stay. No matter what happens in your life, it’s all going to make sense in the end.” In that moment, Amy chose to live.

Her glimpse of the afterlife—coupled with a mysterious premonition she’d had a month before —became the defining experiences that put Amy’s life on a new trajectory after her legs had to be amputated. She wouldn’t just beat meningitis and walk again; she would go on to create a life filled with bold adventures, big dreams, and boundless vitality—and share that spirit with the world. In 2014, Amy—the only competitor, male or female, with two prosthetic legs—claimed a bronze medal for the U.S. Paralympic team in adaptive snowboarding. She then became a contestant on season eighteen of Dancing With the Stars, and viewers were captivated as the girl with bionic legs managed to out-dance her competitors all the way to the finale.

Amy’s journey is a testament to the resilience of the human spirit and the capacity we all have to dream bigger, defy expectations, and rewrite our stories. Amy was given a second chance for a reason—to use her life to inspire others. Her powerful memoir urges us to live life to the fullest, because we are all a lot more capable than we could ever imagine.

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America fell in love with Amy Purdy as the incredible girl with bionic legs who managed to outdance her competitors all the way to the season 18 finale of Dancing with the Stars with her partner, Derek Hough. Now, for the first time, Amy reveals the powerful, moving story of her spiritual awakening as a result of a sudden, often fatal blood infection that caused her to lose both of her legs.

When she was just nineteen, she contracted the deadly bacterial meningitis and was given less than a two percent chance of survival. In a near-death experience that Amy has never talked about until now, she saw three beings who told her: "You can come with us, or you can stay. No matter what happens in your life, it's all going to make sense in the end."

Amy seized her second chance at life and earned a bronze medal in adaptive snowboarding at the 2014 Paralympic Games. On My Own Two Feet reminds us to live life to the fullest, because we are all much more capable than we could ever imagine.

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Amy Purdy is the top-ranked female adaptive snowboarder in the U.S., a three-time World Cup para-snowboard gold medalist, the 2014 Paralympic bronze medalist, the founder of Adaptive Action Sports, and a New York Times bestselling author. She is a professional motivational speaker who has been featured at both TEDx and Pop Tech, and is also an actress, model, dancer, clothing designer, and an experienced product spokesperson.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ William Morrow Paperbacks
Publication date ‏ : ‎ September 22, 2015
Edition ‏ : ‎ Reprint
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Print length ‏ : ‎ 272 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0062379100
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0062379108
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 0.7 x 7.9 x 5.2 inches

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MICHELLE BURFORD is a #1 New York Times bestselling author and a founding editor of O, The Oprah Magazine. She is a Harvard-trained journalist whose work has taken her to more than 35 countries on six continents. A native of Phoenix, Michelle now resides in New York City. Read more about her creations at www.MichelleBurford.com.
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Amy Purdy is the top-ranked female adaptive snowboarder in the U.S., a three-time World Cup para-snowboard gold medalist, the 2014 Paralympic bronze medalist, and the founder of Adaptive Action Sports, a nonprofit organization that helps youth, young adults, and wounded veterans with physical disabilities get involved with action sports. She is a professional motivational speaker who has been featured at both TEDx and Pop Tech, and is also an actress, model, dancer, clothing designer, and an experienced product spokesperson. Amy was the breakout star and a finalist on season 18 of Dancing with the Stars. She splits her time between her homes in Los Angeles and Copper Mountain, Colorado.
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Customers find this book inspiring, describing it as an incredible personal story of strength and a poignant narrative about pushing through temporary limitations. Moreover, the book is well-written and easy to read, with customers praising the author's amazing character. Additionally, the emotional content receives positive feedback, with one customer highlighting how the author humbly detailed her dark times.

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Dusty Hogg
Excellent story of resilience
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I'd read that stories of resilience can help you build your own ability to recover from setbacks and tragedy in your life. A search for that type of story is what led me to this book, and it was excellent.

Miss Purdy's book is not a glossy magazine blurb about how perfect her life has been. Instead, she bravely and humbly detailed her dark times and doubts, and it was really helpful to read.

It is not uncommon that we only see "the final cut" of someone's success story, which is unfortunate, because much can be learned from what was left on the cutting room floor.

Amy's story does not crop out detours. Not only do we learn of dreams fulfilled more than she could have imagined, but we also see some laid aside, delayed, or swapped for new ones. This is valuable because it is true of life: it isn't always certain why we must move on or let go, and it isn't always certain what we should dedicate our focus toward. Amy lets us see her making moves in uncertainty. That is a big part of bouncing back.

Most helpful, I feel, was her awareness of how she was able to recover hope after setbacks. How does a person keep moving when meeting one roadblock after another? That's where Amy's story excels. It is full of specific examples, the wells from which she drew strength. In each of her trials, she cites a special inspiration. From the loving support of her family, encouraging words from strangers, empowering thoughts learned from training, the healing habit of gratitude, the joy of solving a problem, to the thrill of learning something new--Amy shares how each gave her the strength to keep moving.

Miss Purdy's is a courageous narrative of resilience told with unselfish candor. I'm grateful that she shared this story with the world.

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Indomitable Spirit and Love of Life
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I really enjoyed reading the story of Amy's triumph in both the Paralympics and Dancing With the Stars after she overcame a devastating blow to her health. She lost both legs beneath the knee and had to have a kidney replacement after suffering through a debilitating sudden bout of meningitis when she was just 19. She made her living as a masseuse and was a committed snowboarder - both of which are very physical and require you to be on your feet. After the amputation, no one knew how much of her mobility she could recover. She didn't waste a lot of time feeling sorry for herself, and even walked down the aisle at her sister's wedding less than 2 months after the amputation.

Amy's indomitable spirit and lack of self-pity comes through on every page of this memoir. I don't know how many ways there are to say "inspiring" but certainly every other reviewer has already covered this ground. Her missing legs don't define her. She wrote that "obstacles in our lives can only do one of two things: stop us dead in our tracks, or force us to get creative..." She definitely did the latter! She couldn't do anything about the loss of her legs, but she could carry on with her life with passion and creativity and that's what she chose to do.

I had missed her season on DWTS, so went to YouTube to find the videos of her performances, which were incredible. I also watched her brief, emotional TED talk. Amy has learned that "a fulfilling life isn't based on what we have or don't have; it's based on what we give of ourselves". She is a determined, energetic survivor who will continue to give.

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Such a beautiful soul with so much to give with everything she has lost! I have admired Amy from the first time I heard of her infection, hospital stays and family. To read about her journey is so inspiring 💖

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Insightful and from the heart. Perhaps not the most sophisticated writing, but certainly very heartfelt. Having watched Amy on DWTS, I was right there with her every step of the way along her incredibly hard journey as she invited us into her world and heart. she is an exceptional individual that has exhibited strength AND strength of character in all that she has done. I am a big fan. Way to go Amy!

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to be amazed; to be challenged
Reviewed in the United States on June 24, 2015
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If you want to be inspired; to be amazed; to be challenged; this book is for you. For Amy Purdy the impossible is the challenge she needs to start her on figuring out how it can be done. With the amputation of both below the knee legs at the age of nineteen lit seems that all the dreams a young girl has were condemned as unrealistic. Read the book and learn how Amy not only follows and succeeds in accomplishing her dreams, but goes way beyond. She enters the Olympics as a snowboarder for America in Russia. But as soon as that is over she catches a plane to speed back to the US to practice dancing on DWTS. I watched her dance and she is unbelievable. This is a great book to give to a discouraged young person, or to anyone going through tough times (as we all eventually do on this trip through life!). Thanks Amy! I love your attitude!!!

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Amy is amazing, as is her father, family & friends generally
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"If my life were a book, and I was the author, how would I want my story to go?" — Amy Purdy

That's a great question. Amy is truly amazing. I enjoyed her candor too, but most of all, I appreciate how truly moving her story is. I am not an adaptive athlete, but anyone can relate to this book on a number of levels as we're all faced with challenges in life, so when we are presented with a story about how someone successfully navigated one of the more challenging lives, it's truly inspiring and a pleasure to read or listen to.

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Superb! Very inspiring and easy to read.
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Amy is an inspiration and a role model for everyone. Her courage and determination have catapulted her life from an ICU hospital bed to the olympic podium and beyond. She proved to herself and to everyone around her that if you want something bad enough, you are your only obstacle to achieve it. Now through this book we have the opportunity to look into her life and the rollercoaster ride that she embarked on at the early age of 19. Every person struggling with what may appear as an insurmountable challenge should read this book. I cannot say enough good things about.

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Inspirant !
Reviewed in France on March 17, 2017
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Le parcours d'Amy Purdy est une vrai source d'inspiration pour quiconque a déjà eu envie de baisser les bras ! L'anglais est assez facile à comprendre.

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A Fantastic Inspirational Read.
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Wow, what an inspirational story. Couldn’t put it down.

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A very useful lesson for life
Reviewed in Spain on February 7, 2016
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Either are you physically challenged person or not, this book will teach you a lot about life. I love it.

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Es ist an uns selbst, das Leben zu etwas Wunderbarem zu machen!
Reviewed in Germany on January 27, 2015
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Im Alter von 19 Jahren war Amy Purdy kerngesund und mit sich im Reinen. Als Massagetherapeutin und Snowboarderin hatte sie viele Pläne, die nur darauf warteten, umgesetzt zu werden. Aber dann erkrankte sie von heute auf morgen an einer bakteriellen Meningitis und musste um ihr Leben kämpfen. Mit Einlieferung ins Krankenhaus wurde ihren Eltern mitgeteilt, dass Amy in diesem Zustand womöglich nur noch zwei Stunden blieben. Doch dank ihres unbändigen Willens und einer unerschütterlichen Dankbarkeit dem Leben gegenüber, überstand sie diese Krise, während der sie allerdings ihre beiden Beine, ihre Milz und eine gesunde Nierentätigkeit verlor. Mit ihren beiden Beinprothesen und einer Spenderniere ihres Vaters gelang Amy schließlich das (von den Ärzten) unmöglich Geglaubte: Sie fuhr wieder Snowboard. Inzwischen haben sich neben all den persönlichen Erfolgen, zu denen die Gründung der Non-Profit Organisation Adaptive Action Sports und ein gefragter Job als Motivationsrednerin zählen, auch die größten Triumphe eingestellt, die eine gesamte Nation bewegen: Amy Purdy gewann 2014 Bronze bei den Winter-Paralympics und wurde Zweitplatzierte bei Dancing With The Stars.

In ihrer Autobiografie "On My Own Two Feet" erzählt Snowboarderin und Philanthropin Amy Purdy auf berührende und Mut machende Weise von ihrem Schicksal, mit dem sie nie zu hadern vermochte. Im Gegenteil, als es hart auf hart kam, beflügelte sie die Suche nach der Antwort auf folgende Frage: "If my life were a book, and I were the author, how would I want my story to go?"

Es ist ein Leichtes, dass einem beim Lesen der Geschichte Amy Purdys die Superlative ausgehen. Wenig verwunderlich. Doch neben all den unbeschreiblichen Meilensteinen, die Amy Purdy in ihrem Leben bereits erfolgreich passiert hat, strahlt vor allem ihre bescheidene Persönlichkeit über allem. Sie hat nie danach gestrebt, zu einer Inspiration für Millionen von Menschen zu werden. Sie lebt einfach nach allen kreativen Regeln der Kunst und möchte damit zeigen, welche Steilhänge im Leben sich auf die eine oder andere Weise meistern lassen.

Jene gleichermaßen erfrischende wie beeindruckende Willensstärke ist schlichtweg ansteckend. In jedem einzelnen Kapitel des Buches schimmern Lebensmut und -freude hindurch. Selbst während der dunkelsten, schmerzhaftesten Stunden verlor Amy nie ihren selbst gesteckten Fokus — der Sinnhaftigkeit ihres Schicksals — aus dem Auge.

Das Buch ist ein Mosaik aus den einzelnen Lebensabschnitten und Träumen der Autorin. Dabei werden die Erinnerungen an ihre Kindheit in Las Vegas ebenso emporgehoben wie ihre Nahtoderfahrung während einer Not-OP und die zehrenden Monate nach ihrer Beinamputation oder auch Amys sehnlichster Wunsch, wieder auf dem Snowboard zu stehen. Gemeinsam mit ihrem Freund Daniel reiste sie später nicht nur um die Welt, sondern engagierte sich unermüdlich dafür, ihren geliebten Wintersport zu einer paralympischen Disziplin zu machen.

So schmerzlich und erschütternd sich manche Episoden lesen, ebenso lebensbejahend, motivierend und, ja, inspirierend ist der Grundtenor dieses Buchs. Verletzlichkeit und Stärke bedingen einander. Amy verleiht, ganz ihrem Charakter entsprechend, ihrer Geschichte eine quicklebendige Portion (Galgen-) Humor und Aufrichtigkeit. Ein Authentizitätsfaktor, der gar nicht deutlich genug unterstrichen werden kann.

Amy Purdys Buch ist ein Geschenk, das voller tiefster Hingabe und spürbarer Dankbarkeit, größtem Kämpferherzen und leuchtender Großzügigkeit steckt. Eine Hommage an das Leben und die Wahrnehmung und Ausschöpfung dessen — allen Unwegsamkeiten zum Trotz.

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Très très bon livre !
Reviewed in France on February 17, 2016
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Excellent livre !!!!!! Même s'il est en anglais, on comprend largement.
Amy est très inspirante et son parcours de vie est remarquable !

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Très très bon livre !