{"product_id":"9781451689716","title":"A Second Wind: A Memoir","description":"\u003cb\u003eSoon to be a major motion picture—\u003ci\u003eThe Upside—\u003c\/i\u003estarring Bryan Cranston, Kevin Hart, and Nicole Kidman.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBorn with wealth and privilege, Philippe Pozzo di Borgo was not generally someone in the habit of asking for help. Then, in 1993, right on the heels of his wife’s diagnosis of a terminal illness, a paragliding accident left him a quadriplegic. He was forty-two-years-old and unable to do anything—even feed himself—without the help of another person.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003ePassing his days hidden behind the high walls of his townhouse, after his paralysis Philippe found himself isolated and depressed. The only person who seemed unaffected by Philippe’s condition was someone who had been marginalized his entire life—Abdel, the unemployed, outspoken Algerian immigrant who would become his unlikely caretaker. In between dramas and jokes, he sustained Philippe’s life for the next ten years.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Second Wind,\u003c\/i\u003e the basis for the upcoming major motion picture \u003ci\u003eThe Upside,\u003c\/i\u003e is the inspiring true story of two men who refused to ask for help, and then wound up helping each other.","brand":"Atria Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47125303329008,"sku":"9781451689716","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781451689716_p0.jpg?v=1763841786","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781451689716","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}