This book is rich on so many levels!
A Life Impossible by Steve Gleason and Jeff Duncan is Steve Gleason's story of living with ALS or Lou Gehrig's Disease. Having worked with people living with ALS, I've read many similar memoirs and Gleason gives a truly unflinching look into living with ALS and especially how it plays havoc with the lives of not only the patient but also with the lives and emotional life of their caregivers. I appreciated how he doesn't try to posture as a noble person but rather one who is doing the best he can with the cards he has been dealt.

I also found it interesting to reflect upon Gleason's spiritual and ethical formation from his time spent at a Jesuit High School. He shares much about his spiritual journey and that was interesting and moving to me. There are parts of this book that are difficult to read and still I highly recommend it.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for an advance copy of A LIfe Impossible in exchange for an honest opinion.

This memoir is RAW. Steve Gleason details his life journey from sports as a child into college and NFL, to his travels and marriage, to his diagnosis of ALS. Steve writes in detail about how ALS has not only affected himself and his day to day, but also how it has affected his friends and family, his marriage, and his parenting style. Steve uses his personable and witty writing style to share his personal story with the world. A truly eye-opening memoir into the world of living with ALS. Thank you for sharing your story, Steve!

& Thank you NetGalley for the ARC!