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A lucky life interrupted : a memoir of hope / Tom Brokaw.

by Brokaw, Tom.

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Random House, c2015.

Brokaw, Tom -- Health.

Television news anchors -- United States -- Biography.

Television journalists -- United States -- Biography.

Multiple myeloma -- Patients -- Biography.

Cancer -- Patients -- Biography.

9781400069699 (hc.)

1400069696 (hc.)

230 p. ; 22 cm.

"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. 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 was diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a cancer affecting blood cells in the bone marrow, treatable but incurable. 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, 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 looks 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. 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."--Provided by publisher.

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