by Dave Liniger
First published 1900
Dave Liniger built RE/MAX into a global real estate empire. He served in Vietnam, raced cars, and attempted balloon circumnavigation. Four children and countless adventures filled his life. Then doctors found a devastating staph infection crawling along his spine. The disease paralyzed him from the neck down and brought crushing pain. Liniger chronicles his battle to reclaim his body and his life. He draws strength from his wife Gail, who survived her own airplane crash decades earlier. His mantra becomes "Just 10 steps." Ten steps can become twenty. Twenty can become a mile. Three surgeries and six months in the hospital test every reserve he possesses. Liniger must learn to accept his new reality while refusing to surrender his future. This memoir reveals how one man transformed catastrophe into forward motion.
Genres: memoir, biography-memoir, inspirational, disability
Vibes: emotional-atmospheric, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: personal-journey, resilience
Setting: Vietnam
Period: 20th-century, 21st-century
159 pages · Hardcover · Hay House Inc
Content warnings: medical-trauma