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Gabby: A Story of Courage and Hope

Autor Gabrielle Giffords, Mark Kelly
en Limba Engleză Paperback – noi 2011
Gabrielle Giffords's documentary Gabby Giffords Won't Back Down will release in theaters nationwide July 15, 2022! The New York Times bestseller by Gabrielle Giffords and her husband, astronaut and Arizona Senator Mark Kelly?an incredibly inspiring story of adventure, public service, love, and overcoming tragedy. The shooting of Gabby Giffords and nineteen others, six of whom were killed, took place in Tuscon, Arizona on January 8, 2011, in the early days of what has become a tragic and devastating escalation of mass shootings across the United States. Gabby had just begun her third term serving in the Arizona House of Representatives and was meeting with her constituents when she was shot in the head. She was evacuated to the hospital in critical condition. Her husband, Mark Kelly, a retired U.S. Navy captain and an astronaut for NASA at the time, flew directly from Houston and dedicated himself to Gabby's bedside as she fought to survive and recover. This book chronicles the lives of these two extraordinary American figures?the careers that led them to one another; their passion for public service; and the grueling medical challenges and hard-fought journey to Gabby's significant recovery. In 2013, Gabby and Mark launched Americans for Responsible Solutions, a non-profit and Super-Pac which would later become Giffords, an American advocacy and research organization focused on promoting gun control. That same year, Gabby received the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award in recognition of the political, personal, and physical courage she demonstrated in her public advocacy for policy reforms aimed at reducing gun violence.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781849839402
ISBN-10: 1849839409
Pagini: 320
Dimensiuni: 153 x 234 mm
Ediția:ANZ Only
Editura: Simon&Schuster
Colecția Simon & Schuster UK

Notă biografică

Gabrielle Giffords is known across the country for her resilience in the face of violence, and for her consensus-building leadership in Congress. The youngest woman ever elected to the Arizona State Senate, Giffords served in the Arizona Legislature from 2000-2005 and in Congress from 2006-2012.

Mark Kelly is a retired astronaut and US Navy Captain. He flew his first of four missions in 2001 aboard Space Shuttle Endeavour, the same space shuttle that he commanded on its final flight in May 2011.