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USA TODAY BOOK CLUB PICK • A candid memoir about a lifelong struggle to speak. • “A raw, intimate look at [Hendrickson''s] life with a stutter. It’s a profoundly moving book that will reshape the way you think about people living with this condition.”—Esquire

“Brims with empathy and honesty...It’s fantastic.”—Clint Smith, best-selling author of How the Word Is Passed

“I can’t remember the last time I read a book that made me want to both cry and cheer so much, often at the same time.”—Robert Kolker, best-selling author of Hidden Valley Road

In the fall of 2019, John Hendrickson wrote a groundbreaking story for The Atlantic about Joe Biden’s decades-long journey with stuttering, as well as his own. The article went viral, reaching readers around the world and altering the course of Hendrickson’s life. Ov

Life on Delay

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    A Hardback by John Hendrickson

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      Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 17/01/2023
      ISBN13: 9780593319130, 978-0593319130
      ISBN10: 593319133
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      USA TODAY BOOK CLUB PICK • A candid memoir about a lifelong struggle to speak. • “A raw, intimate look at [Hendrickson''s] life with a stutter. It’s a profoundly moving book that will reshape the way you think about people living with this condition.”—Esquire

      “Brims with empathy and honesty...It’s fantastic.”—Clint Smith, best-selling author of How the Word Is Passed

      “I can’t remember the last time I read a book that made me want to both cry and cheer so much, often at the same time.”—Robert Kolker, best-selling author of Hidden Valley Road

      In the fall of 2019, John Hendrickson wrote a groundbreaking story for The Atlantic about Joe Biden’s decades-long journey with stuttering, as well as his own. The article went viral, reaching readers around the world and altering the course of Hendrickson’s life. Ov

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