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When the intrepid young adventurer Steve Adams wakes up in hospital, blind and barely able to move, he discovers a very different world. On the front of his book, young and triumphant, he is pictured after having successfully trekked the high snow-capped Canadian Rockies. He clearly remembers thinking, This is how I want my future kids to see me, one day. Three years after this photo, he was run over by a 12 and a half tonne truck in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, and everything changed. Early in the book, this loveable Aussie larrikin, takes readers with him on a wild exuberant journey. Over his twelve years of wandering the globe he plunges into a world of riotous excesses, from the outback of Australia to smoking Sheesha in Tunisia, always fearlessly in search of adventure. Monkey on the Wing then tells of the extraordinary, surreal encounters he had during his three-month coma after the accident, and of the almost supernatural near-death insight that gives rise to the title of this book. His survival, in the 14 years since the accident, reveals how one man's capacity for joy, can turn every loss into a gain and we are left with the question, What makes this man survive, and even more, embrace and anticipate each new day? It is a raw, no- nonsense story, sure to become the 'Fortunate Life' for a new generation. Read the testimonials on the website, and browse the excerpts, but do order the entire book as well. It will be one of the most inspirational things you do this year. Available in hard copy through the website and now available as an e-book through Smashwords.com (US$8.99)
Monkey on the Wing, by Steve Adams, available online, A$30. |
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