This is book about a normal, middle- aged man who suddenly becomes paralyzed for life.''Normal'' may be stretching it But for Allen Rucker, baby boomer, husband, father of two, self-described “aging hack” life was certainly good enough. Then, at the age of fifty, he was struck out of nowhere by a rare condition called transverse myelitis, which left him paralyzed from the waist down.
Wheelchair-bound, he was forced to completely reevaluate his small life, from the physical details of movement to the larger questions of existence. His Woody Allen-ish style is at once funny and moving, unpretentious and unapologetic. Without trivializing his situation, and without sermons or cliches, he invites all readers to identify with him This remarkably accessi-ble book speaks to the fragility of life and to the resilience and adaptability of a single, ordinary human being, Lucky for us, this human being has a sense of humor.
