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Product Identifiers
PublisherSimon & Schuster
ISBN-101982197773
ISBN-139781982197773
eBay Product ID (ePID)9061240312
Product Key Features
Book TitleIt's Hard for Me to Live with Me : a Memoir
Number of Pages272 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2024
TopicPersonal Memoirs, Basketball, Sports
GenreSports & Recreation, Biography & Autobiography
AuthorRex Chapman, Seth Davis
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1 in
Item Weight12.3 Oz
Item Length8.4 in
Item Width5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2024-401063
Reviews"Chapman's frank assessment of the toll his addictions took on his loved ones lends his account appealing humility....It's the off-court sections that lend this sports memoir its power." -- Publishers Weekly
Dewey Edition23
Dewey Decimal796.323092
SynopsisA NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A powerful memoir from the University of Kentucky basketball legend, NBA veteran, and social media influencer about his recovery from addiction. He is considered by many the greatest basketball player ever produced by the hoops-crazy state of Kentucky. In two years at the University of Kentucky, he scored over 1,000 points, led the Wildcats to a Sweet Sixteen appearance and was nicknamed "King Rex." The first player ever drafted by the Charlotte Hornets, he spent twelve seasons in the NBA, dazzling in dunk contests and sinking one of the most memorable buzzer-beaters in league history. But by the end of his career, Rex Chapman was harboring a destructive secret. Years before America's opioid crisis would become national news, Chapman developed a dependency on Vicodin and Oxycontin, ultimately ingesting fifty painkillers a day. In addition, he developed a severe gambling addiction, once nearly losing $400,000 at a Las Vegas blackjack table. All this would cost him his family as well as most of the $40 million fortune he'd made in basketball, leaving him to live in his car and shoplift to support his addictions. Only when he was arrested--and his mugshot made national news--did he finally commit to getting clean. In It's Hard for Me to Live With Me , Chapman--who has amassed millions of social media followers for his relatable and uplifting posts--tells the story of his addiction and recovery in unflinching detail. With equal frankness, he describes his history with depression; the racism he witnessed growing up and how that shaped his outspokenness on matters of social justice; and his complex and volatile relationship with his father, also a former professional basketball player. Cowritten with New York Times bestselling author Seth Davis, Chapman's memoir is an equally devastating and inspiring story about the human struggle for self-acceptance.
LC Classification NumberGV884.C533A3 2024
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- 29. Mai. 2024
Very good life story
A very good memoir, I never thought that Rex Chapmen had experienced what he went through in his life. Very good read, indeed. Highly recommend reading it.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Neu
- 08. Apr. 2024
Good book
The author is from my areaBestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Neu
