Cant Nothing Bring Me Down, Ida Keeling
Cant Nothing Bring Me Down, Ida Keeling
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Can't Nothing Bring Me Down
Chasing Myself in the Race against Time

Author: Ida Keeling, Anita Diggs

Narrator: Lisa Renee' Pitts

Unabridged: 6 hr 43 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Zondervan

Published: 02/27/2018


Synopsis

It's never too late to do the impossible. Meet Ida Keeling, a 104-year-old mother, activist, and world record-holding runner. Her fierce independence and deep faith carried her through the Depression and the civil rights movement--but her greatest trials were yet to come.Miss Ida, as she is known in her community in the Bronx, grew up as a child of immigrants during the Great Depression. She began working to help provide for her family at age twelve. Later, after her husband passed, she raised her four children alone while serving as an active member in the civil rights movement.In 1978 and 1980, Ida's two sons were brutally murdered. Justice was never achieved. Ida felt like she didn't have the strength to carry on, but, encouraged by her daughter, Ida put on her first pair of running shoes at the age of 67 and began to chase the paralyzing sorrow from her heart.Running gave light and new energy to Ida, and since her first race nearly 35 years ago, she's never looked back. Holding the world record for the fastest time in the 60-meter dash for the 95-99 age group, Ida isn't slowing down. Can't Nothing Bring Me Down gives us a clear picture of what it means to:Find new passions, no matter your ageNavigate life's obstacles with graceLean on faith, family, and friends in hard timesIn Can't Nothing Bring Me Down, Ida offers time-tested truths gathered from a lifetime of watching a nation change--and from a lifelong faith in Jesus. "Every night, I thank him for my many blessings, for his guidance, for his protection," Ida says. "And every night he tells me, 'Miss Ida, you just keep on, because I ain't done with you yet.'"

About Ida Keeling

102-year-old Ida Potter Keeling is a mother, activist, and runner. Miss Ida, as she is known in her Bronx community, grew up the child of immigrants during the Depression. She began working to help provide for her family at age 12. After her husband passed, she raised her four children alone in a single bedroom apartment while serving as an active member in the Civil Rights movement. She started running at 67 years old to chase away the grief following the murders of her two sons. Today, Ida is a world record-holder for the 60-meter dash in the 95-99 age group, the 100-meter dash for the 100-104 age group, and continues to set new records with each race.

About Anita Diggs

Anita Diggs is the author of seven fiction and nonfiction books. As an editor and senior editor at Time Warner Publishing, Thunder’s Mouth Press, and Random House, she acquired and edited both fiction and memoir. She holds a BA from the State University of New York/Empire State College and an MFA in Creative Writing and Memoir from Hunter College.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Michael on June 22, 2018

This was an interesting book, but as a reader I had mixed feelings about it. I first became interested in reading this because I wanted to find out more about her experience as an runner. She started running in 5K's and other races at age 67, and has been running past age 100, which is amazing. She......more

Goodreads review by Donna on August 13, 2018

What a delightfully inspirational book. Ida Keeling is an eighty-three pound, four foot, six inch amazing woman. Of Caribbean descent, she grew up in Harlem, living through Jim Crow, the Depression, The Harlem Renaissance, the Civil Rights Era, and women’s lib. She is a civil rights activist and abo......more

Goodreads review by Tamyka on October 04, 2022

I enjoyed this memoir! It was great to hear about her life’s experiences including growing up during the Great Depression, during the civil rights movement of the 60s, and then her experience with the drug epidemic that plagued NYC in the 70s-80s, running races and winning at 100+ years old, etc! So......more

Goodreads review by Trea on April 15, 2018

Quick read. I was reading this book for longevity advice but it was more of a U.S. history book. An Insiders view of the Great Depression and other historical events in the course of a 100+ lifespan. Keep it up Ida!......more

Goodreads review by Yvie on February 23, 2018

Can’t Nothing Bring Me Down is the memoir of 101-year-old, world-record-holding runner Ida Keeling. Miss Ida, as she’s known throughout her Bronx community, isn’t your typical runner. Her fierce independence helped her through the Depression and the Civil Rights movement. But her greatest trials wer......more