Author Lois Wells Santalo Writes about her Battle with Cancer and how she Survived

PRLog (Press Release) - Jan. 8, 2012 - Author Lois Wells Santalo has earned the front row seat at the balustrade observing life, as she has endured more than most yet at the same time is strengthened and triumphant by her tribulations.  In her recently re-released book, Oops, I Lost My Sense of Humor published by iUniverse, she depicts her life story, from her childhood during the Depression, to her surgery later in life, to the present.  Told with confidence and precise prose, she makes it obvious to her readers nothing will get her down; as even the loss of her sense of humor was regained after she struggled with life’s challenges.

“Surprisingly, my three bouts with cancer greatly improved my writing,” the author said during a recent interview.  “It’s such a scary, helpless feeling to be diagnosed with cancer, and it’s happening to so many people these days. I wanted to let people know that cancer is no longer a death sentence; it’s possible to survive for ten or even twenty active and productive years.”

Inspired by her mother introducing her to opera as a youth, she grew up realizing the opera stories are pretty silly.  Yet combined with the great theatre, music, performances and acting, the story is “lifted” out of the “silly category” and made very powerful.  “I think opera helped me learn to make my characters rise above the limitations of the storyline and become larger than life,” Santalo said.

Santalo’s memoir is for those who have may have lost the simple joy of living and the ambition to live out their dreams. It is to encourage those who have struggled or are struggling with illness. It is to motivate women who are caught up in their wifely duties, which are still expected today, to pursue their dreams. The 2011 reprint of the earlier version, includes an addition in which Santalo proudly informs readers it has been ten years since the surgery which saved her life. At the end of the book she is reunited with her sense of humor, and promises to push on amidst the belief that her age deems she has already lived a full life.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:  Lois Santalo is a retired college instructor currently residing in the suburbs of San Diego. She is a cancer survivor who now teaches adult education classes in creative writing and opera.  Aside from this book, she has published and will continue the Jill Szekely Mystery series and other creative works.  More about the author can be view by visiting her website: http://www.loiswellssantalo.com/.

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