Travis Roy: Quadriplegia and a Life of Purpose

by David H. Hendrickson, Travis Roy (Foreword)

“I realize how fortunate I was to spend the first half of my life with a passion, thanks to my hockey career. It took me a while to realize it, but now I feel fortunate to have lived the second half of my life with a purpose.”
– Travis Roy

The dream goes from euphoric reality to tragic nightmare in a split second.

The life of a hockey player ends; the life of a quadriplegic begins.

Travis Quadriplegia and a Life of Purpose looks at Travis Roy’s search for meaning as a quadriplegic, and finding it.

All proceeds from this book will be donated to the Travis Roy foundation, which funds research into a cure for spinal cord injuries and provides individual grants to survivors.

62 pages, Kindle Edition

Published January 18, 2018

About the author

David H. Hendrickson’s first novel, Cracking the Ice, was praised by Booklist as “a gripping account of a courageous young man rising above evil.” He has since published five additional novels, including Offside, which has been adopted for high school student required reading.

His short fiction has appeared in Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine and numerous anthologies, including multiple issues of Fiction River.

Hendrickson has published well over one thousand works of nonfiction ranging from sports journalism to humor and essays. He has been honored with the Joe Concannon Hockey East Media Award and the Murray Kramer Scarlet Quill Award.

Get a free short story and be notified of new releases by signing up for his mailing list at www.hendricksonwriter.com.

Reviews

[Gillian Brown]

had to read this for class but it’s a book so counting it towards my goal

[Isabel Petri Bere]

It’s like 50 pages long, and it was a required reading for a class, but it is a book, and I think I deserve to put this on my read list regardless of it being very short

[Hannah Lin]

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