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If you’ve been looking for a gut-wrenching and heroic memoir, “Against the Water” by Owen Wright is the book for you.
On the morning of 10 December 2015, Australian surfer Owen Wright entered the Hawaiian water. It was the eve of an event that could have made him a world champion. However, after being pounded by a set of monstrous waves, he was fighting for his life with extensive brain trauma to come. In this inspirational memoir, Wright chronicles the events leading up to that fateful day, as well as the months and years that followed as he battled to regain, firstly, basic functioning, and eventually the capacity to compete again at the apex of surfing.
Told in a spare, intimate style, “Against the Water” is the moving account of an athlete who refused to accept that his best days were behind him. Not only has Wright overcome a frightening brain injury, but he is also now a husband, father, dutiful son, and an Olympic medallist in a sport whose spirit courses through his veins. Once read, Wright’s story will not be forgotten.
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