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I Remember Running

The Year I Got Everything I Ever Wanted --and ALs

by Darcy Wakefield and Jonathan Eig

Hardcover, 177 pages, Perseus Books Group, List Price: $21 |

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Title: I Remember Running
Subtitle: The Year I Got Everything I Ever Wanted --and ALs
Author: Darcy Wakefield and Jonathan Eig

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An inspirational account of the author's first year with ALS describes her life prior to the onset of the disease and the choices she made after diagnosis, a period during which she left her job, planned her funeral, moved in with her true love, purchased a home, and gave birth to her first child.

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Life with Lou Gehrig's Disease

September 19, 2005 • About two years ago, commentator Darcy Wakefield was diagnosed with ALS, or Lou Gehrig's disease, at age 33. A few months later, she wrote a commentary about running — and losing her ability to do it. Since then, her disease has progressed, sometimes in ways she didn't anticipate. Her sister Betsy reads this commentary for her. Wakefield has just released a book, I Remember Running.

Life with Lou Gehrig's Disease

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