Soon to be a major motion picture—The Upside—starring Bryan Cranston, Kevin Hart, and Nicole Kidman. Born 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. Passing 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. A Second Wind, the basis for the upcoming major motion picture The Upside, is the inspiring true story of two men who refused to ask for help, and then wound up helping each other.

A Second Wind: A Memoir

Biographies & Memoirs

Pozzo Di Borgo, Philippe

Arts & Literature

Atria Books

Now a major motion picture—The Upside—starring Bryan Cranston, Kevin Hart, and Nicole Kidman. Discover the moving and heartfelt #1 international bestseller and inspiration for the film The Upside about an aristocratic Frenchman who is paralyzed in an accident and has to adjust to his new normal with the help of his unlikely caregiver. As the descendant of two prominent French families and director of a legendary vineyard, Philippe Pozzo di Borgo was not in the habit of asking for help. Then, in 1993, right on the heels of his beloved 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. Passing his days hidden behind the high walls of his Paris townhouse, Philippe was totally isolated. His paralysis rendered him unable to reach out to others and seemed to make people unwilling to touch him or acknowledge the reality of his existence. For the first time, he learned what it felt like to be excluded. The only person who seemed not to be bothered by Philippe’s condition was someone who had been marginalized his entire life: Abdel, an unemployed, uninhibited Algerian immigrant from the outskirts of society who would become Philippe's unlikely caretaker. With his tenacious spirit and irreverent sense of humor, Abdel is able to reawaken Philippe’s connection to people and the larger world around him. A Second Wind is the inspiring true story of two men who refused to ask for help, and then wound up helping each other in more ways than they could imagine.

Le Promeneur immobile

ALBIN MICHEL

Ziemlich beste Freunde: Ein zweites Leben

Literature & Fiction

Literary

Hanser Berlin

Ziemlich verletzlich, ziemlich stark: Wege zu einer solidarischen Gesellschaft

Vanier, Jean

Cherisey, Laurent de

Hanser, Carl GmbH + Co.

Ziemlich beste Freunde: Die wahre Geschichte (Fischer Taschenbücher Allgemeine Reihe)

Genre Fiction

FISCHER Taschenbuch

Ziemlich beste Freunde: Die wahre Geschichte (Fischer TaschenBibliothek)

Ziemlich beste Freunde: Das zweite Leben des Philippe Pozzo di Borgo

Contemporary

Jumbo Neue Medien + Verla

Ziemlich beste Freunde: In Einfacher Sprache

Spaß am Lesen Verlag

Un segundo Aliento (Spanish Edition)

Memoirs

Planeta Publishing

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