The Ice Bucket Challenge, Casey Sherman
The Ice Bucket Challenge, Casey Sherman
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The Ice Bucket Challenge
Pete Frates and the Fight against ALS

Author: Casey Sherman, Dave Wedge

Narrator: Traber Burns

Unabridged: 6 hr 17 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/05/2017

Synopsis

While everyone knows of the Ice Bucket Challenge, the viral craze that swept the nation in summer 2014, too few know the truly inspirational story behind it.Pete Frates was a man at war with his own body, a man whose love for others was unshakable. He was a man who refused to fight alone and, in so doing, mobilized a global army to combat one of the most devastating diseases on earth: ALS, or Lou Gehrig’s disease. When disease crippled Frates, the former Boston College baseball star turned tragedy into inspiration.Pete’s story is a testament to the power of love, the steadfastness of family, the generosity of strangers, and the compassion of crowds.

About Casey Sherman

Casey Sherman is the New York Times bestselling author of nine books, including The Finest Hours and Boston Strong.

About Dave Wedge

Dave Wedge, coauthor of Boston Strong, was an investigative reporter at the Boston Herald for fourteen years; he now writes for Vice.

About Traber Burns

Traber Burns worked for thirty-five years in regional theater, including the New York, Oregon, and Alabama Shakespeare festivals. He also spent five years in Los Angeles appearing in many television productions and commercials, including Lost, Close to Home, Without a Trace, Boston Legal, Grey’s Anatomy, Cold Case, Gilmore Girls, and others.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Bob

Summary: The story behind the "Ice Bucket Challenge" and Pete Frates, who has lived five years with ALS and has led a determined fight to raise funding needed for research to end this disease. Did you do the "Ice Bucket Challenge" back in the summer of 2014? I did, and for fun, you can see this video......more

Goodreads review by Stephanie

Do you find any meaning in a “death sentence“ at age 27? At the brink of your life. Pete Frates, once a successful baseball player receives the devastating diagnosis of ALS at age 27. Devastating for many, but hopeful for Pete. On the search for a more meaningful life, he did find his meaning throug......more

Goodreads review by Cheryle

I won this book in a give away on Goodreads and University Press of New England. I had a wonderful friend who died of this awful disease in the 1970's and there has not been much progress made since then. I am hoping with this challenge more funds will be used to find a cure and treatment. While ever......more

Goodreads review by Laurah

Hope this is allowed here if not I understand. My husband was diagnosed with ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) when he was 63 years old 4 years ago. The Rilutek (riluzole) did very little to help him. The medical team did even less. His decline was rapid and devastating. His arms weakened first, t......more

Quotes

“This book is truly amazing and shows how [Frates] created a viral phenomenon that, even now, is raising awareness of ALS.” Elizabeth Banks, actor and director

“This isn’t just the story of Pete Frates’ great courage, spirit, and heart. It is a story of a young man who refused to let ALS stop him from changing the world, and brought the world together in the process!” Mike Lupica, New York Daily News

“It would seem impossible to capture all the things Pete Frates means to the world, as a person and as a champion in the fight against ALS. Somehow, this book manages to do just that!” Matt Ryan, 2016 NFL MVP

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