Full name: Soul Surfer: A True Story of Faith, Family, and Fighting to Get Back on the Board

Author: Bethany Hamilton Year: 2004 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Non Fiction, Memoirs Purchase/reserch links: Amazon Goodreads eBooks.com LibraryThing ISBNs: 9781416503460 1416503463

They say Bethany Hamilton has saltwater in her veins. How else could one explain the passion that drives her to surf? How else could one explain that nothing - not even the loss of her arm - could come between her and the waves? That Halloween morning in Kauai, Hawaii, Bethany responded to the shark's stealth attack with the calm of a girl with God on her side. Pushing pain and panic aside, she began to paddle with one arm, focusing on a single thought: "Get to the beach...." And when the first thing Bethany wanted to know after surgery was "When can I surf again?" it became clear that her spirit and determination were part of a greater story - a tale of courage and faith that this soft-spoken girl would come to share with the world. Similar books: When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom Born a Crime by Trevor Noah Educated by Tara Westover Half Broke Horses by Jeannette Walls The Story of My Life by Helen Keller Happy, Happy, Happy by Phil Robertson Etched in Sand by Regina Calcaterra Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder Gifted Hands by Ben Carson The Girl with Seven Names by Hyeonseo Lee The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion The Diving Bell and the Butterfly by Jean-Dominique Bauby Howard Stern Comes Again by Howard Stern Orange Is the New Black by Piper Kerman Lucky by Alice Sebold A Million Little Pieces by James Frey The Rainbow Comes and Goes by Anderson Cooper Grateful American by Gary Sinise An Invisible Thread by Laura Schroff