Yes, I know it’s Monday, but I’m extending Indie Weekend long enough to post a review of an inspiring book. Indie Weekend is my effort to help Indie authors with marketing, which can be a daunting task. If I can help even a little, I’m happy to do it. You can help as well by sharing this post with all of your social media followers, so as many people as possible can hear about this book. Below is a Book Description, Review, Author Info, and a Buy Link for Better Dirty Than Done by Rick Czaplewski.
BOOK DESCRIPTION
A Cancer Diagnosis and a Relapse … Grim Medical Results … The Expiring Clock … The Unquenchable Thirst to Live and Thrive … Already facing a wretched cancer diagnosis, a young man’s prospects for survival dim as he learns his treatments have not worked. Writing against the clock, he feverishly authors a story of profound joy and sadness exploring the life he could have lived. Desperately told, his story takes you through poignant memories, intimate relationships, and fantastical triumphs in a quest to make sense of it all and leave a legacy behind. An addictive, inspiring memoir, Better Dirty Than Done will have you turning pages and questioning the value of your own time. What would you do if your life suddenly had an imminent expiration date? Grab a box of tissues and reflect on both the fragility of life and its limitless potential for joy. Beautifully told through an authentic, intimate voice Better Dirty Than Done will inspire anyone seeking to make sense of life.
BOOK REVIEW
This is an amazing memoir about the author’s fight with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma and his determination to write his own story. He allows us a seat in the room as he finds out he’s had a relapse, and then he begins to respond in his own way. We learn what it looks like when a college student has to leave school to fight cancer, and how it feels to go through chemo at the age of 21. And then we watch in admiration as Rick begins to write and fight his own way back.
Rick’s story raises the question: If you find out approximately how many days of life you have left, how would you live? What choices would you make, and how would you construct your own story going forward? What memories would stay with you and keep you going? The bits of fantasy woven into this memoir about Rick’s possible future life make this story even more compelling and intriguing. I would recommend this book to anyone who wants to read an inspiring account of a young man’s fight for life.
I received a free copy of this book. My review is voluntary and the opinions expressed are my own.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Rick first met Hodgkin’s Disease as a freshman in college and reacquainted with cancer only 18 months later when it relapsed. Determined to graduate, Rick dropped out of college, underwent chemotherapy, and returned to earn his degree.
As a survivor, Rick has fundraised thousands of dollars for the LLS and helped several other cancer fighters find hope. To Rick, survivorship means squeezing out every drop of experience life offers with the precious, finite time we have.
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