Double Take, Kevin Michael Connolly
Double Take, Kevin Michael Connolly
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Double Take

Author: Kevin Michael Connolly

Narrator: Kevin Michael Connolly

Unabridged: 4 hr 14 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 10/13/2009


Synopsis

“Kevin Connolly has used an unusual physical circumstance to create a gripping work of art. This deeply affecting memoir will place him in the company of Jeanette Walls and Augusten Burroughs.” — Sara Gruen, author of Water for Elephants “Charming … Connolly recounts growing up a scrappy Montana kid—one who happened to be born without legs... [Double Take] makes for an empowering read.” — People As featured on 20/20, NPR, and in the Washington Post: Kevin Connolly is a young man born without legs who travels the world—by skateboard, with his camera—on his “Rolling Exhibition,” snapping pictures of peoples’ reactions to him… and finds out along the way what it truly means to be human.

About Kevin Michael Connolly

Born without legs, raised in Montana, and now a skateboarding world traveler, Kevin Michael Connolly has seen the world in a way most people never will. His internationally acclaimed photo series, The Rolling Exhibition, which encompasses seventeen countries and more than 30,000 photographs of people staring at him, has been featured in museums and galleries around the world.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Koren

When I first started this book I wasn't sure what all the pictures were about. I try not to read the synopsis on the front inside or back of the book because too often they contain spoilers. So I kept seeing these pictures of people in foreign countries that obviously weren't the authors family. I f......more

Goodreads review by Jane

I liked this book and I'm glad I read it. However, somehow I was expecting more. I appreciated his stories of growing up and overcoming the many difficulties of not having legs. I appreciated his drive to excel and his honesty, even about how he felt about his big photo project. I'm not sure what hi......more