Swimming star and popular teenager, Jason Deierlein was coming home with friends from a trip to the lake when their van got into an accident. Struck by a tractor trailer going 70 miles per hour, their van flipped over several times. One person died, but Deierlein was in a coma.

Found by a concerned citizen, he was taken by helicopter to the nearest hospital. In lean, evocative prose, Deierlein describes what it feels like not to be able to see or speak or move. His dreams while in the coma were rich and strange, sometimes of swimming sometimes of bright lights. Until finally, he wakes from his coma and begins his long road to recovery.

Deierlein doesn’t just describe the event, he asks—and tries to answer—important questions that will resonate with every reader. How do you live after a terrible accident? How do you find the strength to go through recovery? Deierlein was sustained by trusting in God, and realizing that God helps those who help themselves. He also began to appreciate all that he had and to realize that many other people had so much less. 

A beautifully written account of what it’s like to be in a coma and an inspiring and thoughtful examination of how we deal with misfortune.

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