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Laddar... Running for My Life: One Lost Boy's Journey from the Killing Fields of Sudan to the Olympic Games (urspr publ 2012; utgåvan 2012)av Lopez Lomong (Författare), Mark Tabb (Författare)
VerksinformationRunning for My Life: One Lost Boy's Journey from the Killing Fields of Sudan to the Olympic Games av Lopez Lomong (2012)
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Gå med i LibraryThing för att få reda på om du skulle tycka om den här boken. Det finns inga diskussioner på LibraryThing om den här boken. A non-fiction read about one of the "Lost Boys" (kidnapped by rebel groups at the age of 6) and his miraculous escape(s) finally ending up in America in a great adoptive home. It was such an inspiring read not only about athletics, but about hard work, the American dream, the desire to learn, and compassion for others. Although he was has won many national championships and qualified and participated in 3 different Olympics, he has failed to place in those events. Lomong is giving back to his home country through the Lopez Lomong Foundation, with a mission to provide clean water, education, healthcare, and nutrition to the people of South Sudan. Although the prose was not inspiring, the story certainly was! 257 pages ( ) Memoir of a young man who was stolen from his village in south Sudan as a young child, escaped from his captors a few weeks later, and then spent 10 years in a refugee camp before being adopted by a loving family in the US - Lopez was a runner whose dream of participating in the Olympics was realized along with other huge goals - This man is ambitious, loving, and grateful and his story was powerfully inspiring. Despite an extremely challenging late childhood and adolescence, Lopez flourished and has been able to enrich the lives of many - Lopez Lomong Have you ever been taken away from your parents while in church by people with machine guns? If so, you should read the book Running For My Life by Lopez Lomong, based on a true story. Lopez’s first time on a plane he thought he had to pay for his food so he starved for three to four hours until a flight attendant told him the food was free. Lopez is a weird guy; he runs barefoot. His first day in a real house he didn’t want to use the bathroom in a BIG CLEAN house, so he asked if he could use the bathroom outside, with the dog. He also did not know how turn off the chandelier in his room, so he slept with the light on all night. I was so shocked that he actually made it to America. He was one out of 1,000 people to get a spot to go to America from the refugee camp, in South Africa. I would recommend this book to everyone since it was a true story and kept me interested while I was reading it. Lopez Lomong Have you ever been taken away from your parents while in church by people with machine guns? If so, you should read the book Running For My Life by Lopez Lomong, based on a true story. Lopez’s first time on a plane he thought he had to pay for his food so he starved for three to four hours until a flight attendant told him the food was free. Lopez is a weird guy; he runs barefoot. His first day in a real house he didn’t want to use the bathroom in a BIG CLEAN house, so he asked if he could use the bathroom outside, with the dog. He also did not know how turn off the chandelier in his room, so he slept with the light on all night. I was so shocked that he actually made it to America. He was one out of 1,000 people to get a spot to go to America from the refugee camp, in South Africa. I would recommend this book to everyone since it was a true story and kept me interested while I was reading it. inga recensioner | lägg till en recension
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HTML: Running for My Life is not a story about Africa or track and field athletics. It is about outrunning the devil and achieving the impossible faith, diligence, and the desire to give back. It is the American dream come true and a stark reminder that saving one can help to save thousands more. Lopez Lomong chronicles his inspiring ascent from a barefoot lost boy of the Sudanese Civil War to a Nike sponsored athlete on the US Olympic Team. Though most of us fall somewhere between the catastrophic lows and dizzying highs of Lomong's incredible life, every reader will find in his story the human spark to pursue dreams that might seem unthinkable, even from circumstances that might appear hopeless. "Lopez Lomong's story is one of true inspiration. His life is a story of courage, hard work, never giving up, and having hope where there is hopelessness all around. Lopez is a true role model." ?MICHAEL JOHNSON, Olympic Gold Medalist "This true story of a Sudanese child refugee who became an Olympic star is powerful proof that God gives hope to the hopeless and shines a light in the darkest places. Don't be surprised if after reading this incredible tale, you find yourself mysteriously drawn to run alongside him." ?RICHARD STEARNS, president, World Vision US and author of THe Hole in Our Gospel .Inga biblioteksbeskrivningar kunde hittas. |
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