Rating: Good
Iron Heart blurb excerpt: On the way home from swim practice, eighteen-year-old athlete Brian Boyle’s future changed in an instant when a dump truck plowed into his Camaro. He was airlifted to a shock-trauma hospital. He had lost sixty percent of his blood, his heart had moved across his chest, and his organs and pelvis were pulverized. He was placed in a medically-induced coma. When Brian finally emerged from the coma two months later, he had no memory of the accident. He could see and hear, but not move or talk. Unable to communicate to his doctors, nurses, or frantic parents, he heard words like “vegetable” and “nursing home.” If he lived, doctors predicted he might not be able to walk again, and certainly not swim. Then, miraculously, Brian clawed his way back to the living.
Iron Heart is the first-person account of his ordeal and his miraculous comeback.
My opinion: This is a story you will never forget. However, I waited and waited for the story to progress. To reveal some more depth or to further detail the struggles he faced. It never did, and that was disappointing. However, it didn't stop me from wanting to read on. It's a good book that had the potential to be great.
Lessons from Iron Heart:
This isn't the kind of book that's packed with life-changing wisdom. When you finally put it down you will have an appreciation of the resiliency of the human body and spirit. You will look at your current situation with newfound gratitude. Even if your situation is not great, this book will prove to you it could be worse.
If there are two things that stood out to me, it was the benefit of having goals and the difficulties that are faced when your identity is tied to something you can no longer do.
What Next:
If you are interested in this book, you may want to check out our list of Biographies we have reviewed.
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