From Tom Brokaw, the bestselling author of The Greatest
Generation, comes a powerful memoir of a year of dramatic
change—a year spent battling cancer and reflecting on a
long, happy, and lucky life.
Tom Brokaw has led a fortunate life, with a strong marriage
and family, many friends, and a brilliant journalism career
culminating in his twenty-two years as anchor of the NBC
Nightly News and as bestselling author. But in the summer of
2013, when back pain led him to the doctors at the Mayo
Clinic, his run of good luck was interrupted.
He received shocking news: He had multiple melanoma, a
treatable but incurable blood cancer. Friends had always
referred to Brokaw’s “lucky star,” but as he writes in this
inspiring memoir, “Turns out that star has a dimmer switch.”
Brokaw takes us through all the seasons and stages of this
surprising year, the emotions, discoveries, setbacks, and
struggles—times of denial, acceptance, turning points, and
courage. After his diagnosis, Brokaw began to keep a
journal, approaching this new stage of his life in a
familiar role: as a journalist, determined to learn as much
as he could about his condition, to report the story, and
help others facing similar battles.
That journal became the basis of this wonderfully written
memoir, the story of a man coming to terms with his own
mortality, contemplating what means the most to him now, and
reflecting on what has meant the most to him throughout his
life.
Brokaw also pauses to look back on some of the important
moments in his career: memories of Nelson Mandela, the Dalai
Lama, the fall of the Berlin Wall, the morning of September
11, 2001, in New York City, and more. Through it all, Brokaw
writes in the warm, intimate, natural voice of one of
America’s most beloved journalists, giving us Brokaw on
Brokaw, and bringing us with him as he navigates pain,
procedures, drug regimens, and physical rehabilitation.
Brokaw also writes about the importance of patients taking
an active role in their own treatment, and of the vital role
of caretakers and coordinated care.
Generous, informative, and deeply human, A Lucky Life
Interrupted offers a message of understanding and
empowerment, resolve and reality, hope for the future and
gratitude for a well-lived life.
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