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“A sumptuous read, as funny, erudite, and
energizing as a chat with a conversational intellectual, as engrossing and
moving as a medical detective drama…The book leaves all of us who’ve read
it feeling a little stronger and brighter ourselves.”
— Martha Beck, New York Times bestselling author of Expecting Adam
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“A truly interesting, engaging, and fascinating
memoir.”
— Joe Lansdale, World Fantasy Award–winning author of Edge of Dark Water
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“Wildly quirky memoir of facing down his ferocious
Tourette’s tics…Hanagarne’s account manages to be very gag-full and
tongue-in-cheek…highly engaging…Reconciled with Tourette’s, Hanagarne never let
the disease get the upper hand.”
— Publishers Weekly
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“Throughout, Thorne reflects Hanagarne’s droll wit—a coping mechanism
for his Tourette’s syndrome and life in general. With his optimistic and
irreverent attitude, Hanagarne’s experiences may be interesting to
Tourette’s sufferers and to others dealing with difficult personal
problems.”
— AudioFile
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“Forthright, affecting, and sometimes
surprisingly funny.”
— Library Journal
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“Josh Hanagarne has an astonishing story to
tell, and he does so with insight, humor, grace, and wonder. All human
beings suffer and struggle. Through the lens of his own miraculous experiences,
Mr. Hanagarne illuminates the path to joy and the infinite possibilities of
transcendence.”
— Melanie Rae Thon, award-winning author of Sweet Hearts
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“As a gym rat myself, I can attest to the power
of hurling one’s sinews against heavy stuff that keeps wanting to slam you back
into the floor. The difference with Josh Hanagarne is he has lifted much
weightier impediments—Tourette’s, loneliness, geekitude, and the calling to be
a writer. That he is, and a talent to savor, to emulate, and to be inspired by.”
— Steven Pressfield, bestselling author of The War of Art
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“Just like the library has every funny, beautiful,
moving, wise story you’d ever need in it, so too does this book. This is not
just your ordinary memoir: it is a soaring, inspiring elegy to the small and
big miracles of parenthood and friendship and marriage and how they triumph
over the not so small challenges of life. It is a perfect, perfect gem of a
read, unputdownable, unforgettable, unmatchable.”
— Pam Allyn, author of What to Read When
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“Josh Hanagarne inspires in his pursuit to break
the shackles of Tourette Syndrome and live his life to the fullest, as a
husband, a father, and a librarian. Insightful, heart-wrenching, and
delightfully humorous, The World’s Strongest Librarian is a
triumph!”
— Cory MacLauchlin, author of Butterfly in the Typewriter
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“Josh’s special struggles to deal with his own
doubts, Tourette’s, and society give his journey a patina of honesty,
resilience, and a flavor of humanity that truly inspires. Josh has a
unique voice, and I was privileged to read and be empowered by his story.”
— Stephen Abram, vice president of Gale Cengage Learning
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“A funny, profound, emotionally generous, and
wonderfully human story.”
— Lou Schuler, author of The New Rules of Lifting
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“Everything about this book is big…I found it
impossible to put down; save a day to read this.”
— Dan John, author of Intervention
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“Josh Hanagarne is a giant of a man and a giant
of a writer…This guy is the real freaking deal in a very fresh and exciting
way.”
— Larry Brooks, author of Story Engineering