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Gabby Giffords, Mark Kelly to Write Memoir

He is retiring from NASA as astronaut

By John Johnson,  Newser Staff

Posted Jun 21, 2011 12:59 PM CDT

(Newser) – Big news for Gabby Giffords and husband Mark Kelly: He is retiring from NASA, and the two will write a memoir together about their careers, courtship, and the Arizona shooting, reports USA Today. "After thinking about it, and talking about it, we decided it was the right thing to do to put our words and our voices on paper and tell our story from our point of view," Kelly tells AP. No word yet on a title or due date. They will collaborate with Wall Street Journal columnist and author Jeffrey Zaslow, who worked on Randy Pausch's The Last Lecture and Capt. Chesley Sullenberger's Highest Duty. Giffords is out of the hospital and is in rehab as an outpatient in Houston.

Before-and-after photos of Gabrielle Giffords. She is writing a memoir with husband Mark Kelly.
Before-and-after photos of Gabrielle Giffords. She is writing a memoir with husband Mark Kelly.   (AP Photo/Susan Walsh/P.K. Weis)
A file photo of Gabrielle Giffords and Mark Kelly before her shooting.
A file photo of Gabrielle Giffords and Mark Kelly before her shooting.   (AP Photo/Office of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, File)
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Shannonals
Jun 21, 2011 4:09 PM CDT
Quite sure she is able to make the call to wrote a memoir with the assistance of her loving husband.  No one is hounding them for the memoir, so what's the big deal?
DontLikeYou
Jun 21, 2011 1:13 PM CDT
Can anyone really say that Mrs. Giffords is capable of making a rational decision on such matters?  I heard that her neural capacity has been altered greatly, more than the media is allowing us to see.  In short, let the woman heal and leave her alone.
 

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