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LIFE IS NOT AN ACCIDENT
By: Jay Williams
A Memoir of Reinvention
Harper
February 2016
On Sale: January 26, 2016
Featuring: Jay Williams
272 pages
ISBN: 0062327984
EAN: 9780062327987
Kindle: B00IHZY1NM
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Non-Fiction Memoir
This big-hearted memoir by the most promising professional basketball player of his generation details his rise to NBA stardom, the terrible accident that ended his career and plunged him into a life-altering depression, and how he ultimately found his way out of the darkness. Ten years ago, Jay Williams was at the beginning of a brilliant professional basketball career. The Chicago Bullsβ top draft pickβand the second pick of the entire draftβhe had the great Michael Jordanβs locker. Then he ran his high-performance motorcycle head-on into a light pole, severely damaging himself and ending his career. In this intense, hard-hitting, and deeply profound memoir, Williams talks about the accident that transformed him. Sometimes, the memories are so fresh, he feels like heβll never escape the past. Most days, he finds a quiet peace as a commentator on ESPN and as an entrepreneur who can only look back in astonishment at his younger selfβa kid who had it all, thought he was invincible, and lost everything . . . only to gain new wisdom. Williams also shares behind the scenes details of life as an All-American. He tells it straight about the scandalous recruiting process and his decision to return to Duke and Coach Kβa man who taught him about accountabilityβto finish his education. He also speaks out about corruptionβamong coaches, administrators, players, and alumniβand about his time in the NBA, introducing us to a dark underworld culture in the pros: the gambling, drugs, and sex in every city, with players on every team.
 Media BuzzWendy Williams - March 4, 2016
Good Morning America - January 29, 2016
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