In January I spent some Christmas money on a book by Gary Presley, Seven Wheelchairs: A Life Beyond Polio. I’d been eager to read it, having seen excerpts on Gary’s blog. His story, like the best memoirs do, carried me into a place and time I couldn’t travel to otherwise – in Gary’s case, it’s living from a seated position since he was seventeen.
My favorite aspects of the book have to do with Gary’s humility. Reflective and honest, he doesn’t assign blame on a whim, and yet he comes across as genuine. So yeah, I like the book. I’ve corresponded a bit with Gary and find him very approachable. Today I got to see him in action. A reading is up that he did of his first, short chapter, so if you’d like to hear it, straight from the author’s mouth, here you go.
