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Aijen Poo's Top Book Recommendations

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Eyes to the Wind

A Memoir of Love and Death, Hope and Resistance

In this inspirational and moving memoir—reminiscent of When Breath Becomes Air and The Bright Hour—activist Ady Barkan explores his life with ALS and how his diagnosis gave him a profound new understanding of his commitment to social justice for all.

Ady Barkan loved taking afternoon runs on the California coast and holding his newborn son, Carl. But one day, he noticed a troubling weakness in his hand. At first, he brushed it off as carpal tunnel syndrome, but after a week of neurological exams and two MRIs, he learned the cause of the problem:...
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Jon FavreauWouldn’t it be great if when @AdyBarkan recovers, a ton of people were reading his beautiful, inspirational new book, Eyes to the Wind? Buy it here and spread the word: https://t.co/AJCEN7pRyH https://t.co/rF8YZc4c0d (Source)

Aijen PooThis is a book you want to buy immediately. @AdyBarkan is a brave & beautiful person, one of my favorite organizers, and one of the true heroes of our time. Let’s make this one a bestseller. (and continue building on his incredible organizing) https://t.co/bfojbL16HK (Source)

Andy SlavittMy 12 copies of ⁦@AdyBarkan⁩’s new book “Eyes to the Wind” arrived. Order yours in case you’re not one of the 11 great gifts I’m going to make. https://t.co/yF4tamsfvl (Source)

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