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Faith, Focus, Triumph
Ballantine
October 2008
On Sale: September 30, 2008
256 pages
ISBN: 0345507010
EAN: 9780345507013
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction Memoir
Resilience. It’s not just the title of Alonzo Mourning’s
stirring memoir; it’s the stuff he’s made of. Whether
petitioning himself into foster care as an eleven-year-old,
tirelessly studying his way onto the dean’s list at
Georgetown University, making it as an all-star center in
the NBA, or returning to peak form after organ-transplant
surgery, Mourning has shown enormous inner strength. His
faith, his determination, and his courage are what have
driven and sustained him throughout his extraordinary life.
In 2000, Mourning was on top of the world: He had a
fat new contract, an Olympic gold medal, and a second
beautiful child–all that and the fame and wealth he had
earned playing the game he loved. But in September of that
year, he was diagnosed with a rare and fatal kidney disease.
Over the next couple of years, as his health faltered, he
retired, unretired, and retired again–and sought to make
sense of the rest of his life.
Finally in 2003,
after a frantic search for a donor match, Mourning had a new
kidney and a new outlook. He vowed to make this second
chance count by dedicating his life to others. He resolved
that he would consider the disease a blessing, a revelation
of God’s plan for him.
Although he battled his way
back to the NBA, winning a championship with the Miami Heat
in 2006, Mourning believed that the most important and
fulfilling part of his life still lay ahead. Basketball, it
turned out, was just the vehicle that would allow him to
devote his talents and energies to a greater
cause.
Alonzo Mourning’s return to basketball glory,
already familiar to sports fans and non-sports fans alike,
has inspired millions of patients suffering from kidney
disease and living with dialysis, as well as organ donors
around the world. By sharing his experiences of the
physical, emotional, and spiritual roller coaster of illness
and recovery, Mourning hopes to deliver a message of faith
and fire, hurdles and hope, trust and triumph. Resilience is
a story about the meaningful everyday lessons that he longs
to share and about the things that truly matter in life.
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