Double Take: A Memoir

“Kevin Connolly has used an unusual physical circumstance to create a gripping work of art. This deeply affecting memoir will place him in the company of Jeanette Walls and Augusten Burroughs.” — Sara Gruen, author of Water for Elephants

“Charming … Connolly recounts growing up a scrappy Montana kid—one who happened to be born without legs... [Double Take] makes for an empowering read.” — People

As featured on 20/20, NPR, and in the Washington Post: Kevin Connolly is a young man born without legs who travels the world—by skateboard, with his camera—on his “Rolling Exhibition,” snapping pictures of peoples’ reactions to him… and finds out along the way what it truly means to be human.

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Double Take: A Memoir

“Kevin Connolly has used an unusual physical circumstance to create a gripping work of art. This deeply affecting memoir will place him in the company of Jeanette Walls and Augusten Burroughs.” — Sara Gruen, author of Water for Elephants

“Charming … Connolly recounts growing up a scrappy Montana kid—one who happened to be born without legs... [Double Take] makes for an empowering read.” — People

As featured on 20/20, NPR, and in the Washington Post: Kevin Connolly is a young man born without legs who travels the world—by skateboard, with his camera—on his “Rolling Exhibition,” snapping pictures of peoples’ reactions to him… and finds out along the way what it truly means to be human.

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Double Take: A Memoir

Double Take: A Memoir

by Kevin Michael Connolly
Double Take: A Memoir

Double Take: A Memoir

by Kevin Michael Connolly

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Overview

“Kevin Connolly has used an unusual physical circumstance to create a gripping work of art. This deeply affecting memoir will place him in the company of Jeanette Walls and Augusten Burroughs.” — Sara Gruen, author of Water for Elephants

“Charming … Connolly recounts growing up a scrappy Montana kid—one who happened to be born without legs... [Double Take] makes for an empowering read.” — People

As featured on 20/20, NPR, and in the Washington Post: Kevin Connolly is a young man born without legs who travels the world—by skateboard, with his camera—on his “Rolling Exhibition,” snapping pictures of peoples’ reactions to him… and finds out along the way what it truly means to be human.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780061791536
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 10/13/2009
Pages: 227
Product dimensions: 5.60(w) x 8.30(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Born without legs, raised in Montana, and now a skateboarding world traveler, Kevin Michael Connolly has seen the world in a way most people never will. His internationally acclaimed photo series, The Rolling Exhibition, which encompasses seventeen countries and more than 30,000 photographs of people staring at him, has been featured in museums and galleries around the world.

Table of Contents

1 Birth Day 1

2 Adaptations 9

3 What If? 15

4 Playground 27

5 Standard Issue 37

6 Dirtbags 47

7 Blind Support 57

8 Wounded Vigilante 69

9 Skateboard 81

10 Forced Blessings 97

11 Snapshot 121

12 Going for Broke 131

13 Money Motivations 145

14 The Dog Show 155

15 Tokyo Story 165

16 Slow Dancing 173

17 Sarajevo Roses 189

18 Parting 201

19 Home 211

epilogue: Old Hands 223

Acknowledgments 229

What People are Saying About This

Sara Gruen

“Kevin Connolly has used an unusual physical circumstance to create a gripping work of art. This deeply affecting memoir will place him in the company of Jeanette Walls and Augusten Burroughs.”

Lee Woodruff

“Life’s most successful survivors meet adversity head on, with an unflinching eye, candor and with humor. Kevin Connolly has such an eye and weaves a rich memoir from the gut about his amazing journey through life.”

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