After four intense days taking our daughter to college and one day home to wash clothes and then 7 hours up to Madeline Island in Lake Superior and three days of outdoor bliss... running, kayaking, biking, sitting around the campfire until 3 am every night, I returned to my life in fast motion.

Two interviews yesterday. Next week a photo shoot for a Madison based glossy magazine and another interview. 11 confirmed events as of today!!! My first one a local fundraiser health and wellness fair at my yoga studio to benefit Dresses that Heal that funnels money to the Breast Cancer Recovery Foundation. After that it's off to San Francisco for three events in two days. Then off to NYC for a few readings. Then back to Madison for my official launch and reading... and then Milwaukee and the Wisconsin Book Festival and Oconomowoc and a keynote speech for the Breast Cancer Recovery Conference. Most of this is listed on my website in events and news. And more reviews.. Library Journal mentioned me twice this week!

But all of this lead me to realize that I'm going to be talking about this book a lot and sometimes I'm still not sure how to answer the most basic question... What is this book about?

I think most reviewers have been reading the book as a cancer memoir or a health book but I'm not a health professional and while of course it is about cancer it is also about much more. So I was discussing this with a <a href="http://amymackinnon.com/">writer friend</a> of mine (who read a galley of the book) and she sent me this quote and I thought it nailed the answer to that question... so I'm sharing it with all of you.

"It's not a health book, but it is; it's not a memoir, but it is; it's definitely not a novel, but it has the narrative power of one.  It defies genre."

So whether you've had cancer or a health scare or not... my hope is that by vicariously experiencing my up and down and up again journey it will inspire you to take a fresh look at your life and start being your most amazing self today and live the life you keep meaning to live. Now. <span style="font-style:italic;">That's</span> what this health memoir that reads like a novel is REALLY about.