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Acrobaddict
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Acrobaddict
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Weight: 1.09 lbs
Author: Joe Putignano
A world-class athlete’s harrowing tale of two passions: his ardent love for gymnastics and his intoxicating romance with heroin. Gritty and raw, this is a story that goes beyond the typical addiction memoir. A gripping narrative that captures the fragility and tenacity of the human spirit and how Putignano ultimately triumphs in his recovery and redemption.
Follow the author as he goes on a harrowing journey from the US Olympic Training Center to homeless shelters to shooting heroin on the job to being declared dead.
Acrobaddict is a story about the close relationship between athletics and drug addiction - how the same energy, obsession, and dedication that can create an Olympic athlete can also create a homeless drug addict.
Reviews:
Starred review by Publishers Weekly
"After reading former Olympic gymnastics hopeful Putignano's sinister yet intoxicating memoir of addiction, recovery, and more addiction, you wind up feeling like one of his closest friends"--Publishers Weekly
"Putignano nevertheless writes so vividly about his highs that readers practically experience them with him. Similarly, his lows drop them into the private circles of hell on earth he created. A more powerful anti-drug missive would be tough to find."--Publishers Weekly
"Joey Putignano tells a harrowing story of a life redeemed at great cost. Try as you follow his words to picture the events--for this is a movie and must be seen to be believed." --Twyla Tharp
"A very raw, honest and harrowing account of addiction and survival by gymnast Joe Putignano"--Anderson CooperAC360
"You will not read a more candid book this year. Prepare to be frightened and taken to the depths of despair and then lifted up triumphantly. It is never too late to hit the reset button on your life--that is what you are about to learn from Joe Putignano. --Dr. Sanjay Gupta CNN Chief Medical Correspondent
About the Author:
Joe Putignano is a performing artist and contortionist who has toured with Cirque du Soleil. He was the star of the Cirque show, Totem. He has performed in The Times They Are A-Changin' by Twyla Tharp and in a number of stage productions with the Metropolitan Opera. He was a competitor at the Junior Olympics National Championships, and since 1987 he has won numerous state and regional championships. Putignano has also appeared on various TV shows and has modeled for many magazines.
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