ePub Halfway Home: My Life 'til Now by Ronan Tynan in Arts-Photography

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In Halfway Home; a beautifully written memoir; Ronan Tynan; a member of the enormously popular Irish Tenors; shares his remarkable story of overcoming adversity and attaining worldwide success in several different areas. Diagnosed with a lower limb disability at birth; Ronan Tynan had his legs amputated below the knee when he was twenty years old. Eight weeks later; he was climbing the stairs of his college dorm; and within a year; he was winning races in the Paralympic Games; amassing eighteen gold medals and fourteen world records. After becoming the first disabled person ever admitted to the National College of Physical Education; he served a short stint in the prosthetics industry and began a new career in medicine. He continued his studies at Trinity College; where he specialized in orthopedic sports injuries. After earning his medical degree; Ronan chose music for the next act in his life. Less than one year after he began studying voice; he won both the John McCormick Cup for Tenor Voice and the BBC talent show Go for It. He went on to win the prestigious International Operatic Singing Competition in France; and in 1998 his debut Sony album; My Life Belongs to You; became a top-five hit in England within just two weeks and eventually went platinum. Later that year; he was invited to join The Irish Tenors; furthering a journey that started in a small Irish village and has brought him to the worlds grandest stages. In Halfway Home; Tynan movingly describes his life story; which Barbara Walters called "so amazing you may find it hard to believe."