

The Save of My Life
My Journey Out of the Dark
Author: Corey Hirsch, Sean Patrick Conboy
Narrator: Rex Anderson
Unabridged: 5 hr 41 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Collins
Published: 10/11/2022
Author: Corey Hirsch, Sean Patrick Conboy
Narrator: Rex Anderson
Unabridged: 5 hr 41 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Collins
Published: 10/11/2022
In 1994, COREY HIRSCH won the Stanley Cup with the New York Rangers, as well as a silver medal at the Olympics. Born in Medicine Hat and raised in Calgary, Hirsch was drafted by the New York Rangers and played for many seasons with the Vancouver Canucks. Also a former NHL goalie coach and analyst with Sportsnet, Corey Hirsch is now a sought-after speaker, a mental health advocate and a co-host of the Players’ Tribune podcast Blindsided.
SEAN PATRICK CONBOY is the editor-in-chief of the Players’ Tribune. He has worked hand in hand on award-winning essays with some of the world’s top athletes, including Kobe Bryant, Kevin Love, Allen Iverson, Russell Wilson, Damian Lillard, A’ja Wilson and Megan Rapinoe.
Heard about this book and placed a request for it at my library. Read it in about 3 hours. Easy read. Raw and he holds back nothing. Quite a story.......more
It is very rare for me to give a book a 5 star rating. I can count on one hand, the amount of books I felt worthy of 5 stars in my life. This book deserves that plus more. Corey Hirsch, a man I have never met who played a sport I never cared for, built a personal and powerful relationship with me th......more
Listened to this book and found it fascinating. I appreciate Corey’s raw and real account of his mental illness and struggle to survive. A must-read for anyone trying to understand mental illness. My only complaint is the narrator has obviously never watched a hockey game, the mispronunciation of st......more
Wow. What a book. I am a huge hockey fan and I also struggle with mental illness so this book hits home. I praise Corey's ability to share what his intrusive thoughts were like. To think that he wouldn't be here if it weren't for some luck. It's amazing the ways the universe can put things strategic......more
Such a well-written, descriptive, bare-all exposure of the dark journey mental illness can inflict on people and their family and loved ones. Watching these athletes perform presents them as immune to the ills of everyday life but clearly they often end up suffering in silence. Thanks Corey for your......more