The Courage to Compete audiobook

The Courage to Compete by Elizabeth Kaye is an impressive memoir about Abbey Curran living with cerebral palsy. She promised herself to never come up with excuses, only because of a disability. Abbey always proved others wrong when they would say that she cannot do a certain thing because of her challenge. When she grew up on a hog farm in Iowa, she always used to compete in local pageants. When realizing things she wanted to achieve in her own lifetime, she started the Miss You Can Do It pageant for girls and women with challenges like herself. This pageant became a prime topic of an HBO documentary. Along with that, Abbey became the first contestant with a disability to win a huge beauty pageant. She earned the title of Miss Iowa, moving on to compete in the Miss USA pageant. Abbey Curran shows how brave and honest she really is in this story. This story did not only show her struggles, people who bully against her, and finding within herself to blaze a path, but to look for other ways to help and encourage others with disabilities or challenges.

I wanted to read The Courage to Compete because I admired Abbey's strength and motto to try. I am drawn to books with illness or disability, and although I normally shy away from nonfiction, this one just caught my eye. I think that she is extremely brave, and I love how open and honest she is. About her struggles, about people who bully against her, about her disability, and about finding within herself to not only blaze a path, but look for other ways to help and encourage other's with disabilities or challenges. Bottom Line: Heartfelt look into one young woman's life, facing down her disability and rising above.

I enjoyed the book The Courage to Compete by Abbey Curran, because it is a story about a girl who has Cerebral Palsy and how she lives with it. People judge her because she is different and also they would laugh at her and not invite her to parties or talk to her. She gets the courage that she needs, and that she doesn't have to worry about how different she is and that she could do anything that people can do, like winning a pageant. She learns so much through it all and creates an idea that would make everyone feel like they can accomplish and make a difference in the world, even when you have a disability. My favorite part is when Abby, was the pageant and won because that made me feel like that no one should be judged about who they are, even if they are people with disabilities or anyone in the world today. I would recommend this book to people who like to hear about her life because she describes her life and makes you feel like that you were with her every step of her journey and following her dreams.

Great Book, loved it soooo much, couldn't stop reading it

This book was very inspirational ! The author wrote the book in a deep and emotionally honest way that makes you able to picture her in your mind and feel like you know her.

This book is a confident raising story about Abbey Curran. It made me feel like I can do anything.