{"product_id":"flying-without-wings-personal-reflections-on-loss-disability-and-healing-paperback","title":"Flying Without Wings: Personal Reflections on Loss, Disability and Healing - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eArnold Beisser\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Give yourself a gift and read \u003ci\u003eFlying Without Wings. \u003c\/i\u003eYou will be kinder, wiser, and more compassionate for having read it. I am.\"--Abigail (\u003ci\u003eDear Abby\u003c\/i\u003e) Van Buren\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt twenty-four, Arnold Beisser was a recent medical school graduate and a nationally ranked tennis player. But overnight a devastating bout of polio left him permanently paralyzed from the neck down and dependent on an iron lung to draw his next breath. Polio robbed Arnold Beisser of his strength, his athletic ability, and almost his life. Yet he discovered in this unthinkable trap not only the expected sadness and despair, but wonder, delight, and the pleasure of everyday living. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is the wise, deeply moving, and warmly humorous account of Arnold Beisser's search for a new life and meaning as he comes to terms with his disability and then transcends it . . . to practice psychiatry, to fall in love, truly to soar without wings. His spirit and determination to fight for happiness will inspire any reader faced with unbearable loss. Dr. Beisser shows us why the contrast between winner and loser, athlete and cripple, is in our minds much more than in our bodies. And he shares with us the experiences that taught him life's greatest truth: Nothing can keep you from love, laughter, meaningful work, or enlightenment--except yourself. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A book of blazing honesty and openness. It goes right to the heart of the reader.\"--Norman Cousins, author of \u003ci\u003eAnatomy of an Illness\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eArnold Beisser\u003c\/b\u003e was a graduate of Stanford University and its medical school. He was a Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at UCLA, a Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association, and a recipient of its Gold Achievement Award. He published over 100 articles, reviews, book chapters, and books, including \u003ci\u003eMadness in Sports\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMental Health Consultation. \u003c\/i\u003eArnold Beisser died in 1991.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.59 x 9.06 x 6.12 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 07, 1990\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48384144867576,"sku":"9780553348682","price":28.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0698\/5629\/7208\/files\/INnZcglNIJ9780553348682.webp?v=1782867870","url":"https:\/\/barneysbooksellers.com\/products\/flying-without-wings-personal-reflections-on-loss-disability-and-healing-paperback","provider":"Barney's Book Sellers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}