The Hard Parts: A Memoir of Courage and Triumph by Oksana Masters is now available for free ePub download or online reading.<\/p>\n
Intro:<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cA gut-wrenching, wildly inspiring story about overcoming the most daunting obstacles through steely tenacity, sheer will, and a great big dose of motherly love.\u201d \u2014Jeannette Walls, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Glass Castle<\/p>\n An inspirational and powerful memoir from the United States\u2019s most decorated winter Paralympic or Olympic athlete, The Hard Parts is Oksana Masters gripping account of overcoming extraordinary Chernobyl disaster\u2013caused physical challenges to create a life that challenges everyone to push through what is holding them back.<\/p>\n Oksana Masters was born in Ukraine\u2014in the shadow of Chernobyl\u2014seemingly with the odds stacked against her. She came into the world with one kidney, a partial stomach, six toes on each foot, webbed fingers, no right bicep, and no thumbs. Her left leg was six inches shorter than her right, and she was missing both tibias.<\/p>\n Relinquished to the orphanage system by birth parents daunted by the staggering cost of what would be their child\u2019s medical care, Oksana encountered numerous abuses, some horrifying. Salvation came at age seven when Gay Masters, an unmarried American professor who saw a photo of the little girl and became haunted by her eyes, waged a two-year war against stubborn adoption authorities to rescue Oksana from her circumstances.<\/p>\n In America, Oksana endured years of operations that included a double leg amputation. Still, how could she hope to fit in when there were so many things making her different?<\/p>\n As it turned out, she would do much more than fit in. Determined to prove herself and fueled by a drive to succeed that still smoldered from childhood, Oksana triumphed in not just one sport but four\u2014winning against the world\u2019s best in elite rowing, biathlon, cross-country skiing, and road cycling competitions. Now considered one of the world\u2019s top athletes, she is the recipient of seventeen Paralympic medals, the most of any US athlete of the Winter Games, Paralympic or Olympic.<\/p>\n Oksana\u2019s astonishing story of journeying through a series of dark tunnels is \u201cas true a tale of grit as I\u2019ve ever heard, with a message filled with triumph and beauty\u2014that what doesn\u2019t kill us makes us stronger, if we are loved\u201d (Angela Duckworth, New York Times bestselling author of Grit ).. First published February 7, 2023. Original format: Hardcover. Pages: 336. #the-hard-parts-ebook #the-hard-parts-epub #read #download<\/p>\n User Rating: 4.66 (based on 719 ratings)<\/p>\n Download EPUB The Hard Parts: A Memoir of Courage and Triumph by Oksana Masters<\/strong><\/p>\n \ud83d\udcc1 File details: the-hard-parts.epub<\/em><\/p>\n