Out of the Inferno: A Husband's Passage Through Cancerland
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.24 (850 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 163491435X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 428 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-05-12 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
A touching and engaging memoir for those of us who have survived our spouses Having been through the "inferno" of losing my husband to cancer, I was hesitant to relive the agony and false hopes that accompany such a journey. However in this honest memoir, Randy does an amazing job of raising the reader up to the light at the end of the tunnel, both for Laurene and himself. I have never read Dante's Inferno, but the chapter Canto references are so appropriate it's uncanny. Lesson 29, near the end of the book states, "Love and Loss are universal and unlimited." The older we get, the more true this becomes as we learn to share with others what we have learned fro. Animator said 5 stars. I read this book with great interest and great expectations. The author skillfully takes the reader on a journey with him, his now-deceased wife, Laurene, and their family. He paints the emotional scenery of the stages cancer patients and families go through with precision (initial diagnosis, treatments, failed treatments, palliation etc). He gives us well written, detailed passages that described waiting rooms and the small things people experience while attending medical appointments. His honesty about self-doubt, boredom and other “mundane” things that go with being a l. Intelligent look at one of life's most difficult challenges Amazon Customer It might be indelicate to say I loved a book about a man dealing with his wife’s fatal illness, but I did. It was good because of what he minimized: his wife’s emotional turmoil; platitudes of the meaning of death and dying; the profundity of a higher power; and wallowing in his own grief. Instead, he focused on his experience, and taught me a lot.He described many poignant moments. My favorite was a description of her shoe becoming untied at the airport after an exhausting trip. Not wanting help, his wife said to wait until she fell, she would have less distance to cover
What happens when cancer takes center stage? Randy Evans bares his soul and shares his and Laurene's story and the aftermath of that story in this every engaging book. He combines down home Texas culture with a running commentary on lessons learned, all within the context of a trip through hell (Dante's Inferno). But he continues on, out of hell, and into a new life. A powerful story."
Each of the 34 chapters begins with an epigram from a contemporary translation of Dante's Inferno, and ends with lessons learned.. Issues of interest addressed in the book include difficulties of caregivers, marital stress, dealing with children, the humor in illness, counseling dilemmas, health care challenges, coping skills, death, dying, and moving on after loss. From the best-selling author of Red Sky Anthology, this literary narrative memoir will appeal to both women and men whose lives are profoundly altered by chronic illness