Three Minutes for a Dog: My Life in an Iron Lung

Huge respect for Paul and all the relatives ,friends who helped Paul.Great book and one of the most powerful will I have seen ever .God bless you Paul.

Paul’s book was just incredibly riveting and so inspiring. I experienced everything right along with him whilst reading it. The sadness, fear, hope, love and determination. It’s amazing what Paul has achieved in life. It’s amazing the mental fortitude he has. I mean I don’t think I have ever seen another human being like him! He made me feel ashamed of my excuses to not do the best I can, to have not pursued my dreams more. But at the same time, he also inspired me to go ahead and make more of myself, that it’s never too late. His faith in god, and his sheer will to live is incredible. I love you Paul, you are a beautiful pure soul. You are truly god’s gift to us. Thank you for writing this incredible book, it actually changed me in ways I can’t even describe. The fact that he wrote this book with a stick in his mouth! I mean, most people can’t even type with their fingers. So yes there are a few spelling and grammar mistakes as well as some repetition. But I actually prefer that it wasn’t edited. This is the way he wrote it, yes with a stick in his mouth! I think it’s perfect, just as perfect as he is.

Incrível história de superação.Lendo este livro passei a refletir mais sobre o preconceito e dificuldades das pessoas com alguma restrição física ou mental.O impacto desta situação na vida da família e da comunidade.Uma verdadeira lição de vida

Very inspiring!

Incredible autobiography, it really takes us to live inside an iron lung and what polio is. Always keep on going, get over obstacles and ,ore it’s what Paul teaches us un his book.

This book had quite the effect on me. Paul has clearly had a life more difficult and harder than any of us could imagine, and the adversity didn’t stop after his childhood - he’s had bad luck in love and many other aspects of life too - yet his determination and drive is just incredible. You wonder if he would have been the same or different if left to grow up as a man without polio.All of humanity’s cruelty and love are on display in the book too. It would have been nice to hear more - we don’t know much about Paul’s later years - most of his reminiscences are about his years before the age of 40.The writing style is also very vivid - Paul writes in a haphazard style and jumps around, but paints incredibly vivid pictures with his words which is a very rare skill - you feel a bit like you are there. It’s a slightly similar writing style to Jack Kerouac I suppose.