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Locked In: The Will to Survive and the Resolve to Live

by Victoria Arlen, Valentin Chmerkovskiy
RM37.00 MYR
Locked In: The Will to Survive and the Resolve to Live
Locked In: The Will to Survive and the Resolve to Live

Unbreakable hope through an almost unimaginable silence

This is the kind of memoir that stays with you because Victoria Arlen’s story feels almost impossible, yet deeply human. What really makes it powerful is not just survival, but the experience of being mentally awake and unheard, then fighting her way back into life. If you’re drawn to true stories of resilience, faith, and fierce determination, this can feel both devastating and genuinely uplifting.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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Locked In: The Will to Survive and the Resolve to Live

by Victoria Arlen, Valentin Chmerkovskiy
RM37.00 MYR
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ISBN: 9781501174629
Authors: Victoria Arlen, Valentin Chmerkovskiy
Publisher: Howard Books
Date of Publication: 2018-08-28
Format: Hardcover
Related Collections: Sports, Personal Development, Biographies & Memoirs
Related Topics: Health, Autobiography, Personal Development, Memoir, Inspirational, Biography, Biography Memoir
Goodreads rating: 3.82
(rated by 685 readers)

Description

ESPN personality and Paralympics champion Victoria Arlen shares her courageous and miraculous story of recovery after falling into a mysterious vegetative state at age eleven and how she broke free, overcoming the odds and never giving up hope, eventually living a full and inspiring life. When Victoria Arlen was eleven, she contracted two rare diseases and fell into a vegetative state. For two years her mind was dark, but in the third year, her mind broke free and she was able to think clearly, hear, and feel everything—though no one knew. When she was fifteen, against all odds and medical predictions, she was finally able to communicate through eye blinks, and she gradually regained her ability to speak and eat and move her upper body, but she faced paralysis from the waist down due to damage to her spine. However, Victoria didn’t lose her strength or steadfast determination, and two years later she won a gold medal for swimming at the London 2012 Paralympics. In Locked In, Victoria shares her never-before-published story—the pain, the struggle, the fight to live and thrive, and most importantly, the faith that carried her through. Her journey was not easy, but by believing in God’s healing power and forgiveness, she is living proof that, despite seemingly insurmountable odds and challenges, the will to survive and the resolve to live can be a force stronger than our worst deterrents. Not many people get a second chance at life like Victoria has, and she made a promise to God that she would make every moment count.
 

Unbreakable hope through an almost unimaginable silence

This is the kind of memoir that stays with you because Victoria Arlen’s story feels almost impossible, yet deeply human. What really makes it powerful is not just survival, but the experience of being mentally awake and unheard, then fighting her way back into life. If you’re drawn to true stories of resilience, faith, and fierce determination, this can feel both devastating and genuinely uplifting.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.