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Friends and family expected Ken Cruickshank to continue playing sports, traveling, engaging in mischief, and raising an active brood after he married his soulmate, Karen. Indeed, all was proceeding to plan until an invisible enemy strengthened its grip on his body and mind. Goals, abilities, and many dreams grew forever affected by progressive disease. After an accident crumpled his weakened body, he dug deep to rediscover the optimism and hope he'd once considered his essence. He realized that the illness he blamed for stealing his identity was also the path to wisdom and a life of fulfillment.

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Ken Cruickshank wrote this memoir using speech-to-text software, yet he writes with the ease and grace of a master wordsmith. His stories are captivating, emotional, gut-honest, and above all inspiring, not just because of what he writes about, but the example he sets. What an extraordinary life...-David Aretha, award-winning biographer of Magic Johnson, Harvey Milk, Jose Altuve, and Malala Yousafzai...reflective passages...ring with an unpolished authenticity that marks the best memoirs. (Cruickshank) writes about losing control of his body with a brutal sincerity. His sense of personal triumph is contagious. An affecting account of chronic illness.-Kirkus Reviews

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Ken Cruickshank uses speech-to-text software to write memoirs and thrillers from his home abutting a forest in Portland, Oregon. At age thirty-two, a diagnosis of aggressive multiple sclerosis profoundly altered his and his family's life. Stand Up: a memoir of disease, family, faith & hope, is his debut book. His manuscripts are filled with intrigue and punctuated by unexpected twists and turns. Ken and his wife of over three decades, Karen, raised three children who are now spread across the country. He enjoys crackling fires, good conversations, red wines, and dark chocolates.

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