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Maples, Nika

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0983590710 ISBN 13: 9780983590712

Publisher: bel esprit books, LLC, 2011

Synopsis

Imprisoned in her own body by a paralyzing stroke at age twenty, Nika Maples depended upon spiritual strength in order to surmount the greatest challenge of her young life: standing on her own two feet again. Not only did she stand, obliterating doctors initial prognoses, she walked ... directly into the passionate profession of a public high school teacher. Thirteen years after the medical trauma she was not expected to survive, Nika stood inside the glimmering granite capitol building in Austin, honored to receive state House and Senate resolutions as 2007 Texas Secondary Teacher of the Year. Let your heart rise along with the inspirational account of a single mother's faith, her dying daughter's hope, and God's triumphant love.

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Review:

Every life is a story, but some lives are must-reads. Nika's life is just such a story. Her difficult, challenging, transforming journey inspires me to make my life a better story as well. Read and be blessed. Read and be challenged. Most of all, read and be healed. I was. --Rick Atchley, Minister of the Word, The Hills Church, Ft. Worth Texas

Nika is a master storyteller. I was completely drawn into the grief, the emotion, and the triumph and was reminded of the Author and Perfecter of our faith. I was not ready for this book to end. --Brandon Scott Thomas, Producer and Worship Leader, the Zoe Group

With a deft mix of humor and pathos, Nika's story provides a tangible display of strength through weakness. --Dave Stotts, Host of Drive Thru History

About the Author:

Nika Maples survived a massive brainstem stroke that left her quadriplegic at age twenty. After learning to walk and talk again, she became a public school teacher, winning 2007 Texas Secondary Teacher of the Year. She holds an MA in English education from Columbia University. When she is not traveling to speak, she lives, writes, and laughs as much as possible in Fort Worth, Texas.

About this edition

• Publisher: bel esprit books, LLC
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0983590710
• ISBN 13: 9780983590712
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 280