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Description for My Journey
Paperback. 8vo .Illustrated. First edition The Gaelic Athletic Association is an Irish amateur sporting and cultural organisation.It promotes traditional Irish sports including hurling ,gaelic football camogie and handball.
This is a moving, thrilling, inspirational: the autobiography of Jim Stynes. In July 2009, Jim Stynes was diagnosed with cancer and given less than a year to live. The diagnosis caught him by surprise - he was 42, healthy, fit - and he didn't have time for illness: he was director of a foundation for young people, president of Melbourne Football Club, father of two primary school-aged kids, husband of Sam. Knowing his odds weren't good, but with so much to lose, Jim put everything he had into trying to beat the disease. He was well equipped to beat the ... Read more
This is a moving, thrilling, inspirational: the autobiography of Jim Stynes. In July 2009, Jim Stynes was diagnosed with cancer and given less than a year to live. The diagnosis caught him by surprise - he was 42, healthy, fit - and he didn't have time for illness: he was director of a foundation for young people, president of Melbourne Football Club, father of two primary school-aged kids, husband of Sam. Knowing his odds weren't good, but with so much to lose, Jim put everything he had into trying to beat the disease. He was well equipped to beat the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Penguin Ireland
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
London, Ireland
ISBN
9781844883028
SKU
KEX0307970
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Jim Stynes
Jim Stynes was born in Dublin in 1966. He won an All-Ireland Minor Football championship with Dublin before moving to Melbourne to play Australian rules football as part of the AFL's 'Irish experiment'. He went on to become a legend of the game. In 2009 he was diagnosed with metastatic melanoma, and after a courageous fight he died in March ... Read more
Reviews for My Journey
Remarkable
Brent Pope Irish Independent Enormously moving
Barry Egan Sunday Independent A moving, inspiring story of a life lived fearlessly. A superb read from start to finish
Rory Noonan Evening Echo A great story, well told, and you'll do well not to cry while reading certain chapters Sunday World
Brent Pope Irish Independent Enormously moving
Barry Egan Sunday Independent A moving, inspiring story of a life lived fearlessly. A superb read from start to finish
Rory Noonan Evening Echo A great story, well told, and you'll do well not to cry while reading certain chapters Sunday World