01816cam a2200349 i 4500 357744696 TxAuBib 150508s2015||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2015008653 9781400069699 hbk. : acid-free paper 1400069696 hbk. : acid-free paper (OCoLC)55382 DLC eng DLC GIP rda TxAuBib rda Brokaw, Tom. A lucky life interrupted : a memoir of hope / Tom Brokaw. First edition. New York : Random House, [2015] 230 pages ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "Tom Brokaw had led a lucky life--marrying his childhood sweetheart ... rising to fame in the journalism world on the Today Show and as the NBC Nightly News anchor for 22 years, publishing the ... book The Greatest Generation--when suddenly he took two inexplicable falls. Nagging back pain led him to the doctors at Mayo, who had shocking news: he had multiple myeloma, the treatable but incurable blood cancer. Brokaw leads the readers through his decision to keep a journal of experiences, during a year of denial, acceptance, struggle, and his courageous battle to get the cancer under control and to go on with his life"-- Provided by publisher. Brokaw, Tom Health. Multiple myeloma Biography Patients United States. Multiple myeloma Treatment. Physician and patient. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs. MEDICAL / Physician & Patient. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disease & Health Issues. 9781400069699.jpg Cover image QS7