It’s Just a Matter of Balance: You Can’t Put a Straight Leg on a Crooked Man - Softcover

Garrison, Kevin S.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 154345836X ISBN 13: 9781543458367

Publisher: Xlibris US, 2017

Synopsis

A heartwarming debut memoir about finding meaning in the face of loss. Garrison is a proficient writer with an inspiring story, but his self-awareness and insight into disability give weight to his memoir. His sly sense of humor, meanwhile, provides a good balance to his heavier material. The author has great talent in showing, not telling, the reader the steps of the journey and the mindset of his younger self. His choice of language is spectacular, including the progressions of his fear and confidence levels as a very young man, progressing through the years. Masterful sharing of experiential detail.

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About the Author:

Kevin Garrison was diagnosed with cancer and became an amputee during his teens. Mr. Garrison became involved in prosthetic work when he was 19 years old and employed by a local prosthetic facility for three years in El Paso, Texas. He then attended the University of California, Los Angeles in 1974, subsequently transferring to Northwestern University in Chicago, Illinois, where he finished his prosthetic studies in 1977. After successfully completing his formal prosthetic education, Mr. Garrison practiced prosthetics for several years before founding Garrison's Prosthetic Services, Inc. in 1986 in North Miami Beach, Florida. Ten years later he opened an additional prosthetic facility in Pompano Beach, Florida. He continues owning and operating a successful prosthetic care company today. Among his many accomplishments, Mr. Garrison has a United States patent for a Quick Change Mechanism for a Limb Prosthesis and had an article published in the Journal of the American Orthotic and Prosthetic Association titled "Prosthetic Modifications for the Treatment of Marginally Viable Below-Knee Amputations" Volume 37, Number 2, 1983, p. 53. In 2011 he wrote a second addition of an inspirational autobiography called It's Just a Matter of Balance which is now recommended reading by the American Academy of Orthotists and Prosthetists. Mr. Garrison has been living in South Florida since 1980; he is married and has five children - two daughters and three sons. His middle son is a Staff Sergeant presently in the U.S. Air Force (Security Forces) who has served four tours of duty in Iraq. He completed his prosthetic education at the University of California in Los Angeles and Northwestern University in Chicago. A certified-licensed prosthetist and owner of a successful prosthetic care company, he resides with his wife and family in south Florida. Among his many accomplishments, Mr. Garrison has a United States patent for a Quick Cha

About this edition

• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 154345836X
• ISBN 13: 9781543458367
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 154