Every day is a gift
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Published
Solon, Ohio : Findaway World, LLC, [2021].
Format
Pre-loaded Audio
Physical Desc
1 audio media player : digital, HD audio ; 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 in.
Language
English
ISBN
9781549139253, 1549139258

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Release date supplied by publisher.
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Issued on Playaway, a dedicated audio media player.
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One set of earphones and one AAA battery required for listening.
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Read by the author.
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"... Tammy Duckworth takes listeners through the amazing--and amazingly true--stories from her incomparable life. The biracial daughter of an American father and a Thai-Chinese mother, Duckworth faced discrimination, poverty, and the horrors of war--all before the age of 16. As a child, she dodged bullets as her family fled war-torn Phnom Penh. As a teenager in Hawaii, she sold roses by the side of the road to save her family from hunger and homelessness. Through these experiences, she developed a fierce resilience that would prove invaluable in the years to come. Duckworth joined the Army, becoming one of a handful of female helicopter pilots at the start of Operation Iraqi Freedom. She served eight months in Iraq before an insurgent's RPG shot down her helicopter, an attack that took her legs--and nearly took her life. She spent thirteen months recovering at Walter Reed, learning to walk again on prosthetic legs and planning her return to the cockpit. But she found a new mission after meeting her state's senators, Barack Obama and Dick Durbin. After winning two terms as a U.S. Representative, she won election to the U.S. Senate in 2016. And she and her husband, Bryan, fulfilled another dream when Duckworth gave birth to two daughters, becoming the first sitting Senator to give birth."--,Provided by publisher.
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PLAYAWAY

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Duckworth, T. (2021). Every day is a gift . Findaway World, LLC.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Duckworth, Tammy. 2021. Every Day Is a Gift. Findaway World, LLC.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Duckworth, Tammy. Every Day Is a Gift Findaway World, LLC, 2021.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Duckworth, Tammy. Every Day Is a Gift Findaway World, LLC, 2021.

Note! Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy. Citation formats are based on standards as of August 2021.

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