"Hurdles: When Cancer Strikes a Family" Now Available for Kindle, Nook, iPad and other e-Readers

Unforgettable Memoir Evokes Strong Emotion Over the Holidays
 
EAST BRUNSWICK, N.J. - Dec. 17, 2013 - PRLog -- There are many hurdles that we face in life. So during the holiday season, it is particularly uplifting to read a testimony to the resilience and strength of the human spirit. Hurdles: When Cancer Strikes a Family is a compelling and heartrending story of tragic loss. But it also tells of one family’s desperate struggle for survival in the face of an illness that is alleviated by love and devotion, as well as a deep commitment to life.

The author addresses breast cancer, which afflicts nearly 200,000 women in America each year. He writes from the viewpoint of a husband and father of four young children. Michael and Raquel, his wife-to-be, arrive as students in this country, meet, get married, and begin their professional careers, he as a chemical engineer and she, a pediatrician. Ambition and drive, traits they forged during their formative, horrific years in World War II, helped them achieve great professional success and an enviable lifestyle. But a cyst on Raquel’s breast cruelly reverses their fortunes.

“When I learned that my wife’s cyst had turned malignant and imminently threatened her life, I stumbled, losing my business as well as sanity,” Michael recalls. He recovers to resume his professional career and to assume the reins of the troubled household, helping his children overcome the hurdles posed by their mother’s illness and death. This book is must-read for victims of breast cancer and their caregivers.

“I read Hurdles in one day.  I want to tell how incredibly touched I was reading it.  I thought the story and the writing were fabulous and very moving.” – Linda Lidor, occupational therapist

“In Hurdles, Michael writes of the struggles from the great personal adversity experienced by himself, his first wife, Raquel, and ultimately, his children. It is a rich, thoughtful and meaningful account by one who valiantly coped with the tragedy of the death from cancer of his pediatrician-wife. Michael and Raquel transformed their horrific World War II experience into a life of extraordinary professional and personal achievement, and the raising of four accomplished children. The focus of this fine, moving book is on the hurdles faced by this family, and their ultimate recovery from stress, anger, and sadness. As such it is a testament to extraordinary human resilience.”– Elizabeth Midlarsky, Ph.D., professor, Department of Counseling & Clinical Psychology, Teachers College, Columbia University, licensed psychologist and fellow, American Psychological Association

“I have read Hurdles—When Cancer Strikes a Family, and felt it to be a fulfilling experience.  The honesty and self-examination which pervades the manuscript gives great depth to the personal story. I found the events depicted and the excellent writing personally touching as a 37-year survivor of cancer.  I have been greatly impressed by the love and devotion between the two protagonists, as well as by their ability to help their children cope with hurdles caused by the family’s heartbreaking difficulties. Hurdles will benefit the many support groups for caregivers here at SHARE. I’ll be happy to recommend Hurdles to other similar institutions.”Lee Miller, director of special projects, SHARE (Self Help for Women with Breast or Ovarian Cancer)

WHEN CANCER STRIKES A FAMILY (Kindle ISBN:978-1-62857-597-2, ePub ISBN:978-1-62857-598-9) is available for $9.99 athttp://epubco.com/shop/products/hurdles-when-cancer-strikes-a-family-by-michael-g-kesler-ph-d/# (http://epubco.com/shop/products/hurdles-when-cancer-strik...) or

Amazon Kindle:
http://www.amazon.com/Hurdles-Cancer-Strikes-Family-ebook/dp/B00G65I8AM/

Barnes & Noble Nook: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/hurdles-michael-g-kesler-phd/1117243500

and in multi-formats for other e-Readers through numerous vendors online.

The soft cover version, ISBN: 978-1-62857-036-6, $15.75, and the hard cover version, 978-1-62857-036-6, $29.50, can also be ordered through the publisher’s website:
http://sbprabooks.com/MichaelGKesler or at www.amazon.com or http://search.barnesandnoble.com.

WHOLESALERS: This book is distributed by Ingram Books and other wholesale distributors. Contact your representative with the ISBN for purchase. Wholesale purchase for retailers, universities, libraries, and other organizations is also available through the publisher; please email bookorder@aeg-online-store.com.

About the Author: Michael G. Kesler, Ph.D., is a chemical engineer, a graduate of MIT and NYU. Since his retirement in 2006, he has written of his experiences during World War II. His recent book, Shards of War—Fleeing To & From Uzbekistan, has won praise from a number of academics and was listed among the bestselling e-books in Europe. He is completing a screenplay of Shards of War and writing a novella, Hope—My Year in a DP Camp. The author and his wife, Professor Barbara Reed, live in East Brunswick, New Jersey, and proudly head a family of six children and eleven grandchildren.

Contributor: Dr. Howard Paul, Ph.D., ABPP, FAClinP, an internationally prominent clinical psychologist, has spent 47 years in academia and private practice. He has authored a book and numerous papers in behavioral sciences.  He resides in North Brunswick, New Jersey.

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