Overview
As a happily married, fifty-five-year-old professional woman, Susan had it all--or thought she did--until the day of her shocking diagnosis with stage IV Mantle Cell Lymphoma, a rare and aggressive disease. Ninety-eight percent of her bone marrow was cancerous, and a heart attack or brain aneurism was imminent. Within minutes of being admitted to the hospital, her beautifully ordinary life disappeared. Facing a possible death sentence, Susan experienced visions so lucid and beautiful that she imagined she was looking into the foyer of death or a magnificent afterlife. Her mind and body melded into all that surrounded her. Bliss replaced all fear. But during the darkest moments, Susan questioned the nature of mortality. Does death have the same shape, sound, and feeling for everyone? Did the father she yearned for think of her the moment he died? What would she think of? Would there be regret, celebration, or nothingness? After months of grueling inpatient chemo, she faced another seemingly impossible hurdle. To live, she needed a stem cell transplant. But Johnny--her brilliant, off-the-grid brother--was the only possible donor. He hadn't been heard from in thirty years.
Full Product Details
Author: Susan Keller ,
Lexi Mae
Publisher: Tantor Audio
Imprint: Tantor Audio
Edition: Library Edition
ISBN: 9798212086592
Publication Date: 23 November 2021
Audience:
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Format: Audio
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Author Information
With accolades in medical and scientific publishing, as well as literary awards, Susan Keller is uniquely positioned to write Blood Brother, a cancer memoir that explores medicine, family, faith, and survivorship. Her scientific work garnered awards from the American Medical Writers Association. On the literary side, her poetry has taken first place in slams; she was a semi-finalist in the Atlantic Review Poetry Contest; and received an Honorable Mention in the Bay Area Poets Coalition National Contest. Her fiction and essays have also been published in anthologies and literary journals. Lexi Mae has been trained in public speaking. Her love for reading and telling stories began as a little girl long ago. This passion for storytelling led her to pursue her dream job: narrating audiobooks. Her unique skills of connecting with people of all ages and backgrounds aids her in bringing life and love into the books she narrates. When she's not in her home studio recording, you can find her sewing, painting, and baking. She also enjoys spending her time outdoors with her husband, playing disc golf, biking, and camping.
