{"product_id":"my-left-skate","title":"My Left Skate: The Extraordinary Story of Eliezer Sherbatov","description":"\u003cb\u003eWINNER, Red Cedar Nonfiction Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nBased on extensive interviews, \u003ci\u003eMy Left Skate: The Extraordinary Story of Eliezer Sherbatov\u003c\/i\u003e is a first-person biography of a Jewish teenager who had it all on the hockey rink: guts, drive, and exceptional talent. When a freak accident leaves him with a permanent disability and no feeling below his left knee, everyone believes Eliezer's career is over - everyone except his mother, a professional power skating coach. She teaches Eliezer to skate using the muscles in his upper leg, and after two and a half years of operations and rehabilitation, he returns to the rink to become one of Quebec's elite junior players.\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Still undrafted at age nineteen, Eliezer embarks on a professional career in Europe in the hopes of one day returning to the NHL. His travels lead him to France, Kazakhstan, Slovakia, and to Poland, where he lives and plays hockey just a few kilometres from the Auschwitz death camp, haunted by memories of the past.\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nIn its stunning conclusion, \u003ci\u003eMy Left Skate\u003c\/i\u003e describes Eliezer's life in Ukraine and his struggle to escape from war after Russia invades the very region in which he plays.\u003cbr\u003e \r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cb\u003e\"Eliezer Sherbatov scores a hat trick with \u003ci\u003eMy Left Skate\u003c\/i\u003e. This story is wonderfully told: gritty, inspiring, joyful at times and sad at other moments. He deserves to be a hockey hero for all that he has survived.\" - Marty Klinkenberg, \u003ci\u003eThe Globe and Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"None","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46258115248338,"sku":"9781773370873","price":15.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Kobo eBook","offer_id":46258115281106,"sku":"808bf91a-ad8f-3d7f-8b0b-80de5fd55fee","price":10.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0655\/8980\/5233\/files\/1_f55fe810-e798-4c5a-8574-a5aa580eeeac.jpg?v=1764386327","url":"https:\/\/www.indigo.ca\/products\/my-left-skate","provider":"Indigo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}