Wild Ride - A Memoir of I.V. Drips and Rocket Ships

Informationen zum Autor Hayley Arceneaux is the author of  Wild Ride  and a St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital physician assistant, a career she committed to at age ten, after surviving pediatric bone cancer. At age twenty-nine, she joined Inspiration4, the first all civilian orbital space mission, which launched on September 15, 2021, and successfully water-landed three days later, making her the youngest American to orbit the earth, the first pediatric cancer survivor in space, and the first astronaut with a prosthetic body part. Klappentext "The youngest American to ever orbit the earth-cancer survivor Hayley Arceneaux-shows us all that when we face our fears with hope and faith, extraordinary things can happen. "It may be hard to believe while I'm gravity-bound on my bedroom floor, but if there's one thing I've learned in my time on Earth, it's that as long as you keep saying yes, everything is possible," says author Hayley Arceneaux. Arceneaux's power comes from her faith and her ability to look forward in the face of seemingly insurmountable odds. Before she became the youngest American to go to space, she had packed a lifetime's worth of experience into her twenty-nine years. She went to Spain to practice her Spanish and worked medical mission trips in Nicaragua and Peru, checking off five continents on her travel list before she was invited on the ultimate ride, farther than she ever dreamed she'd go. And she's done it all with a titanium prosthesis in her leg-courtesy of treatment for bone cancer at St. Jude nearly twenty years ago. In this riveting and deeply personal memoir, with heart and humor, Arceneaux shares the details of her Wild Ride, from the cancer experience that inspired her lifelong dream of working with childhood cancer patients to the exhilaration of being asked to join the first civilian space flight as a representative of St. Jude. From training to launch to splashdown, in never-before-told stories, Arceneaux details what it was like to climb Mt. Rainier in the snow, train in a fighter jet, battle G-forces, fly in a Dragon to space, and drink her morning cold brew while circling the globe once every ninety minutes. Arceneaux's uplifting story is the inspiration we all need today. She offers wisdom and courage to anyone fighting against the odds. And through it all, she reveals how resilience and faith can help us grab hold of the life we've always wanted and live it to the fullest"-- Leseprobe Chapter 1 How to Pack for Outer Space September 1, 2021 L minus fourteen days Once upon a time, there was a girl who rode a Dragon to the stars?.?.?.?? It’s a quiet evening in Memphis, and I’m getting ready for the trip of a lifetime. “Scarlett,” I say, “in two weeks, I’m going to space.” My beautiful, fluffy, gray Aussiedoodle looks up at me with an expression of love and mild concern on her face. She’s not worried about me. She’s wondering who will watch her when I’m gone. She’s seen me pack before, and she knows that it ends with my leaving for a while. “The boys are going to take amazing care of you,” I tell my dog, knowing she’ll be safe and happy with our favorite neighbors. Her expression relaxes and I continue. She’s heard it all since the beginning of this wild year: the Dragon spacecraft, the Falcon 9 rocket, the fact that we’re going deeper into space than anyone has been in over twenty years. The two of us are quarantining at home together. SpaceX was clear that anyone who tests positive will not be boarding the spacecraft, and getting sick at this point is just not an option, because there’s no way I’m letting anything keep me from the ride of my life. I can’t wait. There’s nothing I love more than traveling to a place I’ve never been before. Plus, I hear the views are incredible. In case you’re wondering, no, this is not the beginning of a sci-fi fairy tale. ...

Product details

• Authors: Hayley Arceneaux, Sandra Bark
• Publisher: Crown Publishing Group
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 06.09.2022
• EAN: 9780593443842
• ISBN: 978-0-593-44384-2
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 215 mm x 20 mm
• Subject: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works