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| ISBN: | 0062363913 (ISBN13: 9780062363916) |
Abbey Curran
Hardcover | Pages: 272 pages Rating: 3.81 | 57 Users | 17 Reviews
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A remarkable memoir by Miss Iowa USA Abbey Curran about living with cerebral palsy, competing in Miss USA, and her inspiring work with young women who have disabilities.Abbey Curran was born with cerebral palsy, but early on she resolved to never let it limit her. Abbey made history when she became the first contestant with a disability to win a major beauty pageant. After earning the title of Miss Iowa, she went on to compete in Miss USA.
Growing up on a hog farm in Illinois, Abbey competed in local pageants despite naysayers who told her not to. After realizing her own dream, she went on to help other disabled girls achieve their goals by starting Miss You Can Do It, a national nonprofit pageant for girls and women with special needs and challenges, which became the subject of an HBO documentary with the same name. This is Abbey’s story.
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| Title | : | The Courage to Compete: Living with Cerebral Palsy and Following My Dreams |
| Author | : | Abbey Curran |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 272 pages |
| Published | : | September 8th 2015 by HarperCollins |
| Categories | : | Nonfiction. Biography. Autobiography. Memoir |
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Ratings: 3.81 From 57 Users | 17 ReviewsCrit Out Of Books The Courage to Compete: Living with Cerebral Palsy and Following My Dreams
As a girl with a disability, this book was very inspiring and showed me that my disability can't and won't stop me from achieving my dreams.For Cybils award.
1.5Man, I feel like a real grump for raining on the author's "You can do it!" positivity parade, but this was just not good. Curran comes off as a vapid pageant cliche who idolizes princesses and unironically brags about having good typing skills, and the writing is uninteresting and repetitive. I also thought there was a weird undercurrent in the author's treatment of other folks with disabilities, but maybe that's just me.
Ugh! Just one cliche and overused theme after another. Abbey Curan actually has a really inspiring story, but the writing felt like one really long, unremarkable school essay.
For anyone who knows me will understand why I love this! I have mild CP and feel the same way in some of the things she had to say.
Ms. Curran is an inspirational young person, and I imagine students will appreciate her take on the world.
i have cp and i agree with a ton i met her she inspires me
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