Too Many Reasons to Live - My Incredible Story

Rob is a true warrior and hero to many but also a genuine and kind man who''d do anything for anybody. I''ve known him a long time, from idolizing him when I was a boy to meeting him and later being able to call him a friend. It will be the honour of my life to read Rob''s words and to voice his extraordinary story>

About the author

Rob Burrow is a former professional rugby league footballer who spent sixteen years playing for the Leeds Rhinos in the Super League, before retiring in 2017. An England and Great Britain representative, he spent his entire professional career with Leeds. At five foot five, and weighing less than eleven stone, Burrow was known for many years as ‘the smallest player in Super League’.

Despite this, he was one of the most successful players in the competition’s history, winning a total of eight Super League championships and two Challenge Cups, being named on the Super League Dream Team on three occasions, and winning the Harry Sunderland Trophy twice.

On 19 December 2019 it was publicly revealed Burrow had been diagnosed with motor neurone disease (MND). The BBC followed Rob for a year for their documentary My Year with MND. It was watched by over two million people. Too Many Reasons to Live is his first book.

Summary

Too Many Reasons to Live is the extraordinarily inspirational memoir from rugby league legend Rob Burrow, from his life at the heart of Leeds Rhinos’ legendary team to battling motor neurone disease.

Product details

• Authors: Rob Burrow
• Publisher: Pan Books
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 18
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 11.04.2024
• EAN: 9781035044979
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3504497-9
• No. of pages: 336
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 197 mm x 21 mm
• Subjects: Guides > Sport > Ball sport; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs, Yorkshire, Leeds, Bradford, Memoirs, Rugby League, SPORTS & RECREATION / Rugby, Biography: sport, Sporting events and management, Relating to people with degenerative conditions