Double take A rapid or surprised second look, either
literal or figurative, at a person or situation whose
significance has not been completely grasped at first.
Kevin Michael Connolly is a twenty-three-year-old man who
has seen the world in a way most of us never will. Whether
swarmed by Japanese tourists at Epcot Center as a child or
holding court at the X Games on his mono-ski, Kevin
Connolly has been an object of curiosity since the day he
was born without legs. Growing up in rural Montana, he was
raised like any other kid (except, that is, for his
father’s MacGyver-like contraptions such as the “butt
boot”). As a college student, Kevin traveled to seventeen
countries on his skateboard, including Bosnia, China,
Ukraine, and Japan. In an attempt to capture the stares of
others, he took more than 33,000 photographs of people
staring at him. In this dazzling memoir, Connolly casts the
lens inward to explore how we view ourselves and what it is
to truly see another person. We also get to know his quirky
and unflappable parents and his girlfriend. From the home
of his family in Helena, Montana, to the streets of Tokyo
and Kuala Lumpur, Kevin’s remarkable journey will change
the way you look at others, and the way you see yourself.
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