Life Is Magic: My Inspiring Journey from Tragedy to

Life Is Magic: My Inspiring Journey from Tragedy to Self-Discovery

â€œJon Dorenbos is a magical person. Life Is Magic shows how we can all choose happiness in the face of overwhelming odds.â€ â€”Ellen DeGeneres

An extraordinary and empowering story of resilience, forgiveness, and living a life of purpose in the face of unfathomable obstacles.

You might recognize him as an NFL All-Pro or as an elite magician who made the finals of AmerÂicaâ€™s Got Talent and regularly appears on The Ellen DeGeneres Show. But Jon Dorenbos says that what he does is not who he is. Who he is is someone forced, at the most tender of ages, to coach himself into turning tragedy to triumph.

One morning in August 1992, when Jon was twelve years old and living a seemingly idyllic childhood in suburban Seattle, he woke up for baseball camp. His dad waved good-bye. Later that day, Jon heard the news: his father had murdered his mother in the familyâ€™s three-car garage. In an instant, his life had shattered. Heâ€™d been essentially orphaned.

Thrust into foster care while his father stood trial for murder, Jon struggled. Left to himself, he discovered an unlikely escape performing magic tricks. If you found a way to alter your reality after your dadâ€”your heroâ€”killed your mom, wouldnâ€™t you cling to it too? Then came football, which provided a release for all of Jonâ€™s pent-up anger. Together, magic and football saved him, leading to fourteen NFL seasons on the gridiron and raucous sleight-of-hand perforÂmances to packed houses across the globe.

In 2017, after being traded to the New Orleans Saints, Jon was diagnosed with a life-threatening heart condition. He had a choice: break down, orâ€”as heâ€™d long by now taught himselfâ€”bounce back. â€œTalk to yourself, donâ€™t listen to yourself,â€ Dorenbos advises for those moments when the inner voice of self-doubt screams.

In Life Is Magic, Dorenbos draws a road map for how to shut that voice up by choosing happiÂness. At his darkest times, he writes, heâ€™s learned lessons of love, forgiveness, and perseverance. His story is poignant and powerful, told by a charÂismatic and optimistic man who has overcome life-or-death challenges with grace, persistence, a childlike sense of wonder...and jaw-dropping card tricks.
Country USA
Brand Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster
Manufacturer Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 4-c 16-pg photo insert;
ReleaseDate 2019-11-05
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781982101244

Country	USA
Brand	Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster
Manufacturer	Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	4-c 16-pg photo insert;
ReleaseDate	2019-11-05
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781982101244

Life Is Magic: My Inspiring Journey from Tragedy to Self-Discovery

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