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$4.38The Story
A memoir based on columnist, fashion-show TV host, podcaster and MS advocate Ardra Shephardâs award-winning blog, Tripping on Air.
Twenty-three-year-old Ardra Shephard is sleeping with the wrong guy, living in a crappy apartment, and spending money she doesnât have on designer shoes, boozy brunches and weekends in NYC. She hates her office job, but it pays for the lessons she needs to make it as an opera singer. She isnât thrilled about her current situation, but she isnât panicked. She knows sheâs got time! Making mistakes while you figure stuff out is what your twenties are all about. But then when a doctor tells Ardra she has MS, those two letters split her life into a Before and After.
While over a million people in Canada and the United States live with Multiple Sclerosis, there is no certainty when it comes to the progression of the disease. By her mid-thirties, Ardra is struggling to walk, and itâs terrifying. When she starts using mobility aids, she faces feelings of otherness and not belonging like never before. As Ardraâs deepest fears keep coming true, she starts to learn the most important lesson: Sheâs been sold a lie about disabilityâit isnât a fate worse than death. Having so far survived all of her worst-case scenarios, she begins to realize that a difficult life doesnât have to be a joyless life.
Today, twenty years after her diagnosis, Ardraâs journey isnât over. MS will always be a force to be reckoned with, but the woman Ardra is, day after day, is no longer negotiable.
Fallosophy serves up wisdom like a seasoned bartender whoâs seen it all, and doesnât try to sugarcoat what itâs really like to live with a progressive, disabling illness in a world that would rather not build a ramp.
Paperback | 256 pages | 6.00" x 9.00"
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A memoir based on columnist, fashion-show TV host, podcaster and MS advocate Ardra Shephardâs award-winning blog, Tripping on Air.
Twenty-three-year-old Ardra Shephard is sleeping with the wrong guy, living in a crappy apartment, and spending money she doesnât have on designer shoes, boozy brunches and weekends in NYC. She hates her office job, but it pays for the lessons she needs to make it as an opera singer. She isnât thrilled about her current situation, but she isnât panicked. She knows sheâs got time! Making mistakes while you figure stuff out is what your twenties are all about. But then when a doctor tells Ardra she has MS, those two letters split her life into a Before and After.
While over a million people in Canada and the United States live with Multiple Sclerosis, there is no certainty when it comes to the progression of the disease. By her mid-thirties, Ardra is struggling to walk, and itâs terrifying. When she starts using mobility aids, she faces feelings of otherness and not belonging like never before. As Ardraâs deepest fears keep coming true, she starts to learn the most important lesson: Sheâs been sold a lie about disabilityâit isnât a fate worse than death. Having so far survived all of her worst-case scenarios, she begins to realize that a difficult life doesnât have to be a joyless life.
Today, twenty years after her diagnosis, Ardraâs journey isnât over. MS will always be a force to be reckoned with, but the woman Ardra is, day after day, is no longer negotiable.
Fallosophy serves up wisdom like a seasoned bartender whoâs seen it all, and doesnât try to sugarcoat what itâs really like to live with a progressive, disabling illness in a world that would rather not build a ramp.
Paperback | 256 pages | 6.00" x 9.00"
