If at Birth You Don't Succeed: My Adventures with Disaster and Destiny

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"Hilarious and inspiring, Anner has made a life filled with fans, love, and Internet fame-reminding us that disability is no match for dreams."-People (Book of the Week) "Zach Anner is way more than an inspirational figure for anyone who has ever felt impossibly different: he's also a great f**king writer."-Lena Dunham Comedian Zach Anner opens his frank and devilishly funny book, If at Birth You Don't Succeed, with an admission: he botched his own birth. Two months early, underweight and under-prepared for life, he entered the world with cerebral palsy and an uncertain future. So how did this hairless mole-rat of a boy blossom into a viral internet sensation who's hosted two travel shows, impressed Oprah, driven the Mars Rover, and inspired a John Mayer song? (It wasn't "Your Body is a Wonderland.") Zach lives by the mantra: when life gives you wheelchair, make lemonade. Whether recounting a valiant childhood attempt to woo Cindy Crawford, encounters with zealous faith healers, or the time he crapped his ...