by Adam Carolla
First published 2014
Bryan Bishop has everything going for him at thirty. His role as sidekick on The Adam Carolla Show launches his career into orbit. His engagement promises a bright personal future. Then doctors deliver crushing news: he has an inoperable brain tumor. His promising trajectory crashes into a brutal reality of radiation and chemotherapy treatments. Bryan refuses to let cancer steal his sense of humor. He approaches his illness with the same comedic instincts that made him successful on radio. He writes his will like a pulp fiction novelist crafting melodrama. He takes chemotherapy treatments in a strip club. He fulfills a longtime fantasy of showering with another woman and his wife, though physical therapy makes it less exciting than imagined. Four years after his initial diagnosis, Bryan celebrates his survival. Aggressive treatment shrunk his tumor and returned his future to him. His recovery memoir transforms a terrifying medical crisis into material for laughter without diminishing the real fear and pain he experienced.
Genres: medical, contemporary, biography-memoir, comedy
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: found-family, personal-growth
336 pages · Unknown Binding · Thomas Dunne Books
Content warnings: medical-trauma, terminal-illness