Carry On By Lisa Fenn 9780062427847 (Paperback)

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Family & relationships

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Wordery

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Harpercollins

Carry On : Harper Paperbacks : 9780062427847 : 0062427849 : 08 Aug 2017 : NAACP Image Award Finalist, and Winner of the 2016 Friends of American Writers Literary Award and the Christopher Award A deeply moving memoir about the unexpected bonds that would transform three lives. Lisa Fenn produced human-interest features for ESPN for over a decade, but one particular story came into her life and never left. After seeing a newspaper image of two young wrestlers from one of Cleveland's tougher public high schools, Lisa followed a hunch and flew back to her hometown to meet the boys that very day. What she found caused her spirit both to sink and to soar. Leroy Sutton, who lost his legs in a childhood train accident, could often be found riding on the back of Dartanyon Crockett, who was legally blind and had no permanent place to call home. Initially drawn together by their handicaps, the boys soon developed a brother-like bond. When one wrestled, the other sat on the edge of the mat, an

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