Seven Wheelchairs: A Life beyond Polio

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Seven Wheelchairs: A Life beyond Polio was recently released by The
University of Iowa Press.

The memoir is a history -- an American tale -- of my fifty year
wheelchair journey after being struck by both bulbar and lumbar
poliomyelitis after a vaccine accident in 1959. The Press says Seven
Wheelchairs gives "readers the unromantic truth about life in a
wheelchair, he escapes stereotypes about people with disabilities and
moves toward a place where every individual is irreplaceable."

Other reviewers have called Seven Wheelchairs "sardonic and blunt," "a
compelling account," and "powerful and poetic."

I hope you can mention Seven Wheelchairs to your group members.
They've lived their own stories, I know, but perhaps they might want
to recommend the book to others who are curious about what polio and
its aftereffects.

Of course, the book is also available through Amazon and Barnes &
Noble.

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Gary Presley www.garypresley.com
SEVEN WHEELCHAIRS: A Life beyond Polio
Fall 200 University of Iowa Press