Learning to Breathe

Name: Learning to Breathe
Price: 60 AUD
Availability: OutOfStock
ISBN: 9780452295353

One Woman's Journey of Spirit and Survival

Alison Wright

$60

Paperback

Not in-store but you can order this
How long will it take?

Availability Information

We source books from suppliers in Australia and overseas. For books we don't currently have in stock, the time it takes to get them from our suppliers can vary widely - from a few days to a few months - so we check each book with each supplier to determine the expected time it will take to be supplied to us.

We will update you on expected arrival time to us. If this delay is too long, please let us know within 2 business days and we can give you options regarding cancelling or adjusting your order. More details on cancelling your order can be found in our Terms of Trade.

To find out the anticipated arrival time for specific items prior to ordering, please contact us by phone or email:

Phone +61 2 9264 3111, or 1800 4 BOOKS (1800 4 26657) if outside Sydney:
option 1 Abbey's Bookshop (Crime, History, Science, Kids & more) • info@abbeys.com.au
option 2 Language Book Centre (ESL & Foreign Languages) • language@abbeys.com.au
option 3 Galaxy Bookshop (Sci-fi, Fantasy, Romance, Graphic Novels) • sf@galaxybooks.com.au

QTY:

English

Penguin
28 July 2009

Biography; Autobiography: religious & spiritual

THE NATIONAL BESTSELLER

An extraordinary spiritual memoir about the will to survive, one breath at a time, with a foreword by the Dalai Lama

While traveling in Laos on a winding mountain road, the bus that award-winning photojournalist Alison Wright was riding in collided with a logging truck. As she waited fourteen hours for proper medical care-in excruciating pain, certain she was moments from death,she drew upon years of meditation practice and concentrated on every breath as if it would be her last.

Despite countless surgeries and a grueling recovery, Alison set herself the goal of achieving a new dream- to one day climb Mount Kilimanjaro-and she reached the summit on her fortieth birthday. Gasping for air once again, she stood at the highest point in Africa, determined to never again take a single breath for granted. Perfect for readers who love spiritual authors traveling abroad, such as Elizabeth Gilbert (Eat, Pray, Love) and Greg Mortenson (Three Cups of Tea), this memoir is an amazingly inspirational tale of how a life-changing accident transformed one woman's faith.

By: Alison Wright
Imprint: Penguin
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 202mm, Width: 135mm, Spine: 17mm
Weight: 257g
ISBN: 9780452295353
ISBN 10: 0452295351
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 28 July 2009
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Alison Wright is an award-winning photo-journalist, who focuses her efforts on documenting endangered cultures and human rights issues. She is the author of three books of photography and has published articles in National Geographic, The New York Times, O: The Oprah Magazine and many other publications.

Reviews for Learning to Breathe: One Woman's Journey of Spirit and Survival

[A] profound writer... a true pilgrim...There is muscle and tears here, and the fiercest flame of inspiration. -Richard Gere Photojournalist Wright has gone to the ends of the earth, including some mountaintops, in a career that has documented the human wonders of the world, especially resilient children and endangered cultures. In this memoir she turns her lens on herself and her own astonishing story... The author's spiritual insights are fascinating. -Publishers Weekly Wright's seize-the-day attitude and fierce determination to reach the summit will spur you to hurdle whatever obstacles might lie in your path. -Self Alison's story makes clear that if you have courage you can achieve what others consider to be impossible. -From the Foreword by the Dalai Lama