This book is an autobiography written by Lance Armstrong (winner of the Tour de France 7 consecutive times) and it has the subtitle "My journey back to life". The book details Armstrong's childhood and early years as a professional cyclist, his battle with cancer, and his first Tour de France victory. The book has a very strong message and is very inspirational. In describing what he went through he illustrates that we all have our challenges and that we can overcome them if we put our mind to it. I was pretty amazed by the description of his cancer treatment. Before reading, I really didn't know what chemotherapy was. I thought that it was where they shoot you with radiation... I think that now, I can sympathize a little bit more with cancer patients and survivors. Another thing that I really enjoyed was the description of his actual Tour de France win as well as other races. He seems to remember them very vividly and I was sucked into the action. The book is also very good at informing the reader about the sport of cycling.(Traditions, rules, vocabulary, strategy, and many other aspects of cycling) I give it a rating of 3/3 and recommend it to everyone. The only downer is that he talks his wife up a lot throughout the book but ended up leaving her sometime after its publication.
