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    Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm

    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
Full Tilt Boogie: A journey into autism, fatherhood, and an epic test of man and beast

Full Tilt Boogie: A journey into autism, fatherhood, and an epic test of man and beast

Walter, Hal

Paperback

General Parenting

ISBN10: 0967714818
ISBN13: 9780967714813
Publisher: Lightning Source Inc
Published: Nov 15 2016
Pages: 228
Weight: 0.59
Height: 0.48 Width: 5.51 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Struggling with the challenges of raising his autistic son, a rapidly changing career, and advancing middle age, writer Hal Walter sets out with a jenny donkey to win a seventh World Championship at one of the most obscure endurance sports on the planet. Walter's Full Tilt Boogie - A journey into autism, fatherhood, and an epic test of man and beast unfolds as a series of vignettes that weave together to tell a compelling story of determination, love and perseverance in the face of adversity. Following the lead of many writers who have literally pinned the tale on a donkey - from Robert Louis Stevenson to Zane Grey to the more contemporary Tim Moore - Walter lets the Rocky Mountains and the challenges of the gritty sport of pack-burro racing serve as a framework for the story. But Full Tilt Boogie is really about Walter's greatest challenge yet - parenting his autistic son, Harrison. The book is packed with parallels and metaphors for life's rocky trails. Says magazine columnist Martha Quillen in her review of the book: This is an incredibly honest account of a father trying to do his best in the face of uncertainty. Full Tilt Boogie overflows with love, commitment, fear, hope, and courage, and is a powerful tale of a man preparing himself to face the long haul.

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