Iron Heart: The True Story of How I Came Back from the Dead
By (Author) Brian Boyle
By (author) Bill Katovsky
Skyhorse Publishing
Skyhorse Publishing
15th December 2011
United States
General
Non Fiction
Sport: general
796.092
Short-listed for Louisiana Teen Readers' Choice 2012
Paperback
256
Width 152mm, Height 229mm, Spine 20mm
331g
In a horrific car crash, eighteen-year old Brian Boyle was placed in a medically-induced coma. When Brian finally emerged from the coma two months later, doctors predicted he might not be able to walk again, and certainly not swim. Then, miraculously, Brian clawed his way back to the living. This title offers an account of his miraculous comeback.
A moving, remarkable story of the power of the mind and the body. --Mary Frances Wilkens
At times, Brian 's tale of survival sounds more improbable than possible.
At times, Brian s tale of survival sounds more improbable than possible.
It's not what people accumulate in material things that makes a nation great. Greatness comes from the good that free people do for others. On the long road back, Boyle vowed that he would give back.
A zombie, a permanent nursing-home resident, a man bound to a bed. At least, that may have been Brian Boyle's fate had he accepted the prognosis of his doctors.
Riveting....There is no better story than Brian Boyle s.
Brian Boyle survived a near fatal car accident in 2004 and then went on to participate in dozens of triathlons and endurance events throughout the world. His memoir, Iron Heart, chronicles his road to recovery and journey into the sport of triathlon. He lives in Maryland.