I Am a Runner
I
am a Runner:
The
Memoirs of a Sepsis Survivor
by
Maria Papalia-Meier & Pamela Ackerson
Genre:
Inspirational Memoir
“You’ll
never be able to run again.”
From
running half marathons to being the sickest person in the hospital,
Maria Papalia-Meier fought the river of death, and won.
Life
changing moments, amputations, and negative thoughts refused to keep
her down. With her rock-hard stubbornness, positive self-empowerment
and persistence, she grabbed hope and unflinching faith to face the
life handed to her. Her story offers an honest, tough-love approach
to defeating pre-determined opinions, and self-imposed limitations.
She refused to give up or give in.
Maria
Papalia-Meier is a runner. She has awoken stronger…better.
This
is her story.
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Maria
Papalia-Meier
is a fighter. She may have been KO'd, and down for the count, but she
proved them wrong. I
am a Runner is
about surviving sepsis, a coma, and amputation. Maria has a BBA
with an emphasis in Human Resources, and has worked for Fed-Ex for
twenty years. As an athlete she has many accomplishments. Before her
battle with the river of death she'd competed and ran in multiple
5K’s. She was told she'd never run again. She proved the naysayers
wrong. Her athletic accomplishments include running in a 5K, and a
1/2 Marathon.
Wife,
mother, author, and time traveling adventurer. Born and raised in
Newport, RI where history is a way of life, Pamela
Ackerson
now lives on the Space Coast of Florida, a hop, skip, and jump from
Orlando, where imagination and fantasy abounds. With the love of
reading, she graduated to writing non-fiction, historical fiction,
time travel, and children's preschool/first reader books.
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My daughter survived sepsis as a baby in Poland. She is doing well now.
ReplyDeleteI am so glad she's better now. It's a terrifying disease/infection. One of the biggest reasons why we decided to write the book was to spread the knowledge and help people be more aware. Knowledge can save lives!!
DeleteThis has a nice cover. Sounds like a great Inspirational read
ReplyDeleteThank you. I think Dora Gonzalez did an awesome job!
DeleteSounds like a great inspirational read. I also faced "never walk again" and am now on one crutch. This book is one I would read.
ReplyDeleteThank you! I'm awe-inspired by Maria and everything she went through to get to where she's at! She's training for the Boston Marathon. How awesome is that?
DeleteThe cover is okay, but all the fades and overlays make my eyes spaz out a bit.
ReplyDeleteSorry to hear that. I'll say something to Dora (graphic artist). Perhaps she can do something different where is doesn't bother some people's eyes.
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ReplyDeleteI do like the cover. It draws my eyes in to examine the background detail.
ReplyDeleteThis sounds like an inspiring story.
ReplyDeleteThis sounds like such an inspiring story! Thank you for sharing your story & spreading the word!
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