Saints legend Steve Gleason to hold book signing at Octavia Books

Tonight’s event is to promote A Life Impossible, a Gleason’s memoir about his courageous battle with ALS.

Former New Orleans Saints safety Steve Gleason will be holding a book signing tonight to promote his new memoir, A Life Impossible at Octavia Books in New Orleans starting at 6 pm. Gleason will be joined NOLA.com reporter Jeff Duncan, who also co-wrote the book.

About A Life Impossible: “His memoir is the chronicle of a remarkable life, one filled with optimism and joy, despite the trauma and pain and despair he has experienced. Writing using eye-tracking technology, Gleason covers his pre-ALS life through the highs and lows of his NFL career with the New Orleans Saints, where he made one of the most memorable plays in Saints history, leading to a victory in the first post-Katrina home game, uplifting the city, making him a hero, and reflected in a nine-foot bronze statue outside the Superdome. Then came his heartbreaking diagnosis. Gleason lost all muscle function, he now uses Stephen Hawking-like technology to communicate, and breathes with the help of a ventilator. This book captures Gleason and his wife Michel’s unmatched resilience as they reinvent their lives, refuse to succumb to despair, and face his disease realistically and existentially.”

Tickets for tonight’s event are $35.00 and includes one copy of Gleason’s book. For more details and to purchase tickets, go to A Life Impossible – Steve Gleason with Jeff Duncan | Octavia Books