โCharming . . . Connolly recounts growing up a scrappy Montana kidโone who happened to be born without legs. . . . an empowering read.โ โPeople
Kevin Connolly has been an object of curiosity since the day he was born without legs. Growing up in rural Montana, he was raised like any other kid (except, that is, for his fatherโs MacGyver-like contraptions such as the โbutt bootโ). As a college student, Kevin traveled to seventeen countries on his skateboard, including Bosnia, China, Ukraine, and Japan. In an attempt to capture the stares of others, he took more than 30,000 photographs of people staring at him. In this dazzling memoir, Kevin Connolly casts the lens inward to explore how we view ourselves and what it is to truly see another person. From the home of his family in Helena, Montana, to the streets of Tokyo and Kuala Lumpur, Kevinโs remarkable journey will change the way you look at others, and the way you see yourself.
โThis deeply affecting memoir will place him in the company of Jeanette Walls and Augusten Burroughs.โ โSara Gruen, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Water for Elephants
โA courageous, immensely rewarding chronicle expressed in arresting words and pictures.โ โKirkus Reviews, starred review
โBeautiful, revealing, and stimulating . . . [Connolly] is a good storyteller . . . whether describing his first high school wrestling match, the path from novice to champion skier or what itโs like to travel around the world on a skateboard.โ โPublishers Weekly ,starred review
โAn inspiring read. . . . [Kevin Connolly] is a lucky man, sharing his bounty with us.โ โSacramento Book Review