Carry On: A Story of Resilience, Redemption, and an Unlikely Family
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In the spirit of The Blind Side and Friday Night Lights comes a tender and profoundly moving memoir about an ESPN producer's unexpected relationship with two disabled wrestlers from inner city Cleveland, and how these bonds—blossoming, ultimately, into a most unorthodox family—would transform their lives.
When award-winning ESPN producer Lisa Fenn returned to her hometown for a story about two wrestlers at one of Cleveland's toughest public high schools, she had no idea that the trip would change her life. Both young men were disadvantaged students with significant physical disabilities. Dartanyon Crockett was legally blind as a result of Leber's disease; Leroy Sutton lost both his legs at eleven, when he was run over by a train. Brought together by wrestling, they had developed a brother-like bond as they worked to overcome their disabilities.
After forming a profound connection with Dartanyon and Leroy, Fenn realized she couldn't just walk away when filming ended; these boys had had to overcome the odds too many times. Instead, Fenn dedicated herself to ensuring their success long after the reporting was finished and the story aired—and an unlikely family of three was formed.
The years ahead would be fraught with complex challenges, but Fenn stayed with the boys every step of the way—teaching them essential life skills, helping them heal old wounds and traumatic pasts, and providing the first steady and consistent support system they'd ever had.
This powerful memoir is one of love, hope, faith, and strength—a story about an unusual family and the courage to carry on, even in the most extraordinary circumstances.
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Lisa Fenn. (2016). Carry On: A Story of Resilience, Redemption, and an Unlikely Family. HarperCollins.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Lisa Fenn. 2016. Carry On: A Story of Resilience, Redemption, and an Unlikely Family. HarperCollins.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Lisa Fenn, Carry On: A Story of Resilience, Redemption, and an Unlikely Family. HarperCollins, 2016.
MLA Citation (style guide)Lisa Fenn. Carry On: A Story of Resilience, Redemption, and an Unlikely Family. HarperCollins, 2016.
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When award-winning ESPN producer Lisa Fenn returned to her hometown for a story about two wrestlers at one of Cleveland's toughest public high schools, she had no idea that the trip would change her life. Both young men were disadvantaged students with significant physical disabilities. Dartanyon Crockett was legally blind as a result of Leber's disease; Leroy Sutton lost both his legs at eleven, when he was run over by a train. Brought together by wrestling, they had developed a brother-like bond as they worked to overcome their disabilities.
After forming a profound connection with Dartanyon and Leroy, Fenn realized she couldn't just walk away when filming ended; these boys had had to overcome the odds too many times. Instead, Fenn dedicated herself to ensuring their success long after the reporting was finished and the story aired—and an unlikely family of three was formed.
The years ahead would be fraught with complex challenges, but Fenn stayed with the boys every step of the way—teaching them essential life skills, helping them heal old wounds and traumatic pasts, and providing the first steady and consistent support system they'd ever had.
This powerful memoir is one of love, hope, faith, and strength—a story about an unusual family and the courage to carry on, even in the most extraordinary circumstances.
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"A poignant memoir by an ex-ESPN producer who befriended two disabled inner-city wrestlers as they struggled to rise.." — Sports Illustrated
"Carry On is an incredible life-affirming story that would not be believed if it weren't true" — Family Circle
"An engrossing tale that is equal parts despair, hope and triumph." — Ohio Magazine
"Carry On is a surprising book, not only due to the tremendous hearts within these two young men, but because the failures and triumphs in their stories don't align with typical narrative rhythms. They arise suddenly, jaggedly, too often shatteringly, as occurs in real life. And as in real life, the moments of understanding, of healing, of unbounded joy will astonish you with the scope of their power." — Jeff Hobbs, author of the New York Times bestseller The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace
"A profoundly moving memoir about two boys who become men in the face of life's toughest challenges: disability, poverty, and torn families. We see the many ways in which one person can carry another, and we are inspired to do the same." — Tim Howard, author of the New York Times bestseller The Keeper
"'If you want something you never had, you must be willing to do something you've never done.' This is the philosophy of Carry On, an astonishingly beautiful tale about the love we never knew we could experience. And like The Blind Side or Same Kind of Different As Me, Lisa Fenn's work forces us to reframe our definition of family. By the end, Leroy, Dartanyon, and Lisa had me asking the question that prods us to be better humans: What would you do for a friend?" — Kevin Salwen, author of The Power of Half
"Great sports stories are never about sports. They are always about the trials and triumphs of the human spirit, regardless of the numbers on a scoreboard. No one knows that better than Lisa Fenn, whose heartfelt memoir of faith and the creation of an unlikely family grips you from the first page and pulls at your soul until the end. You need never have watched a second of wrestling, or any sport for that matter, to love this story, and to admire the woman who wrote it." — Steve Eubanks, New York Times bestselling author of All American
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When she filmed the story of two talented high school wrestlers in her hometown, Cleveland, multi-award-winning ESPN producer Fenn didn't just end up with a proclaimed feature (also called "Carry On"). She also became, in effect, family to the two closely bonded young men, both disabled: Leroy Sutton lost his legs at 11 when he was run over by a train and Dartanyon Crockett, who eventually became a member of the U.S. Judo team at the London Olympics and is gearing up for Brazil, is legally blind. With a 50,000-copy first printing.Copyright 2016 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.
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When award-winning ESPN producer Lisa Fenn returned to her hometown for a story about two wrestlers at one of Cleveland's toughest public high schools, she had no idea that the trip would change her life. Both young men were disadvantaged students with significant physical disabilities. Dartanyon Crockett was legally blind as a result of Leber's disease; Leroy Sutton lost both his legs at eleven, when he was run over by a train. Brought together by wrestling, they had developed a brother-like bond as they worked to overcome their disabilities.
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