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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 791.43028092
EAN: 9781439158586
Edition: 1ST. EDITION
ISBN: 1439158584
Label: Atria
Manufacturer: Atria
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 256
Publication Date: September 29, 2009
Publisher: Atria
Studio: Atria
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In a career spanning more than thirty years, Patrick Swayze has made a name for himself on the stage, the screen, and television. Known for his versatility, passion and fearlessness, he's become one of our most beloved actors.
But in February 2008, Patrick announced he had been diagnosed with stage IV pancreatic cancer. Always a fighter, he refused to let the disease bring him to his knees, and his bravery has inspired both his legion of fans and cancer patients everywhere. Yet this memoir, written with wisdom and heart, recounts much more than his bout with cancer. In vivid detail, Patrick describes his Texas upbringing, his personal struggles, his rise to fame with North and South, his commercial breakthroughs in Dirty Dancing and Ghost, and the soul mate who's stood by his side through it all: his wife, writer and director Lisa Niemi.
A behind-the-scenes look at a Hollywood life and a remarkable love, this memoir is both entertainment and inspiration. Patrick and Lisa's marriage is a journey of two lives intertwined and lived as one--throughout their years in Hollywood and at home on their working ranch outside Los Angeles, and culminating in the hope and wisdom they've imparted to all who know them. This book will open the door for families, individuals, and husbands and wives to grow, bond and discover entirely new levels of love and sharing, proving that life shouldn't be lived as a series of endings, but rather as the beginning of greater strength and love.
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I have always loved Patrick Swayze from the first time I laid eyes on him. You think you know this person. No, You really don't! You know them as an actor! If you read this book you will know what a mans man Patrick is! But you will also know that he is a gentle man! With a kind heart! Who loved his wife Lisa with all of his heart! You will learn that they are and were soul mates! Something most people never find in life! If you love Patrick like I do, it will break your heart, make you cry, make you smile and you will love him more than you ever did! God Bless you Patrick! I can see you in my mind sitting on an Arabian stallion in Heaven.
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I've been a long time fan of Patrick Swayze, but knew little about his wife, Lisa, other than they had met at Patrick's mother's dance studio. Reading this book made me feel like I was part of the family - Patrick and Lisa opened their entire lives to the public. As I read each chapter, I could feel the deep love and support they had for each other. My prayers are with Lisa now - to continue with the ranch they both loved so much... and hopefully to see more of her either on the stage, or directing.
Thank you for this chance to know an amazing couple.
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This book is a great read for anyone who is a Patrick Swayze fan. Very enjoyable! I would highly recommend.
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This is an amazing book about an amzazing person. I enjoyed every bit of it and admired the courage he had even at his darkest times. His marriage to Lisa is an inspiration and at the same time shows the real struggles of a lasting relationship.
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I started reading this on a plane & could not put it down. From start to finish, it is an interesting & astonishing read. I am filled with such wonder & amazement at all the wonderful things Patrick Swayze did with his life. And that doesn't even include his courageous battle with pancreas cancer. He was a great football player til a knee injury put an end to that dream. Then he went to New York & became a dancer until that same knee injury squashed that dream. He was superb in gymnastics & at one time, b/4 the knee injury, had wanted to train for the Olympics. He then went on to become a famous actor & even a pilot! He could sing & was also a songwriter. He could ride horses, take any motor apart, could box with the best of them & very experienced with martial arts. He would research each & every acting part he had & even rewrite the scripts with his wife Lisa to make them the best they could be. He also was a faithful & adoring husband who loved his wife more than anything. I was SO impressed by this book & with this awesome man that could do anything! This is the reason you write an autobiography, when you've done great things to back it up.
The only thing I wish he would have admitted (& maybe he does, I still have about a dozen pages left) is that his 3 pack a day cigarette smoking & his heavy drinking throughout many periods of his life, is what he could have done differently & he may not have gotten pancreas cancer. Michael Landon also drank & smoked heavily & he died of the same disease. Patrick asks in the very beginning of the book what he could have done differently & why this happened to him & I think those 2 things are what happened. Anytime a person smokes that heavy & drinks heavy, they are not going to live to a ripe old age. Especially smoking 3 packs of cigarettes a day almost their entire life. He would have ended up with lung cancer eventually anyway. My father died of lung cancer at 53 yrs. old & it's a terrible way to die. I don't understand why he never tried to give up the smoking.
This book is a wonderful book though & shows what a dedicated, kind, sensitive, loving, intelligent & generous man Patrick Swayze was. I wish he could have lived to a ripe old age. I have so much admiration for all the things he did with his life. I recommend this book highly, I just can't say enough good things about it. I could not put it down literally & every page was so interesting. He was one of the greatest men that ever lived & Lisa was a very lucky woman to have been so loved by this wonder of a man. He also could bear so much physical pain it was quite extraordinary. Sometimes it seemed he was almost super human. Rest in peace Patrick. You were a good man & I believe you have a place in Heaven one day. You made the world a much better place & your time to leave here was way too soon.
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