First published 2025
Jeremy Renner opens his memoir on New Year's Day 2023, when a massive snowplow crushes his body and changes everything. The two-time Oscar nominee, known for playing Hawkeye in Marvel films and starring in The Hurt Locker and The Town, finds himself fighting for each breath under fourteen thousand pounds of metal. He survives more than thirty minutes before paramedics rush him to intensive care. What follows are multiple surgeries and months of excruciating rehabilitation. Renner writes with raw honesty about his physical agony and mental battles during recovery. He examines how sudden trauma strips away the trappings of Hollywood success, revealing what matters when survival becomes the only goal. The book traces his journey from broken body to renewed purpose, showing how catastrophe can forge unexpected strength. Renner transforms his suffering into connection with readers who face their own struggles.
Genres: contemporary, memoir, non-fiction, biography-memoir
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: personal-journey, survival
Period: 2023
224 pages · Hardcover · Gallery UK
Content warnings: medical-trauma