Co-presented with the WASHINGTON CENTER FOR THE BOOK AT THE SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY. Josh Sundquist's memoir, Just Don't Fall: How I Grew Up, Conquered Illness, and Made It Down the Mountain (Viking), is his luminous account of being diagnosed at age nine with a cancer that would claim his left leg, of growing on up, and taking life on—including taking it on as a skier who would eventually compete in the 2006 Paralympics. This book is winning widespread praise as it is published: "Here is a wrenching and joyous memoir, drafted in the tongue of innocence with a clear eye on suffering, faith, burden, and deliverance. Josh Sundquist is on to something—his journey feels big and just beginning." – Leif Enger. "I didn't want to put this book down. It was more than the amazing story—it was the honesty of a voice that spoke, without a whiff of melodrama, about loss and worry and determination. Sundquist has presented us with his tale of remarkable grit, and we see what can (and cannot) be accomplished in the glow of a family's poignant love." – Elizabeth Strout. Free admission is on a first-come, first-serve basis. Special $5 parking coupons for the Central Library garage are available on a limited basis for those attending. The Seattle Public Central Library is at 1000 Fourth Avenue, between Madison and Spring. For more information, please call Elliott Bay at (206) 624-6600, The Seattle Public Library at (206) 386-4636, or see www.spl.org.