Gorilla in the Room and Other Stories (Paperback)

Gorilla in the Room and Other Stories By Ed Tracy, Frank Sesno (Foreword by) Cover Image

Gorilla in the Room and Other Stories (Paperback)

By Ed Tracy, Frank Sesno (Foreword by)

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Ed Tracy was the perfect candidate for cancer. Intensely motivated and a tireless innovator, the non-stop pace led to high anxiety, erratic sleep patterns and a life-altering medical diagnosis unlike that of anybody else. Rule No.1: Nobody's cancer journey is the same.

Growing impatient and irritable, he began to imagine an oncology ward on a Broadway stage with costumes and music and patients and hope. When he needed to check out of chemotherapy, he checked into imaginary rehearsals of a musical comedy.

Along the way, he realized the treatments made his memories sharp. He began to periodically track his cancer journey and encouraged friends to get cancer screenings. Soon he was delving into his past-growing up in farm country, acting in college theatre and remembrances of inspirational friends and mentors. Each scene found its place in an act of the musical, and the result is "Gorilla in the Room and Other Stories."

These wide-ranging, homespun stories, mixed with family drama and the humor of a skilled storyteller, will appeal to lovers of nature, theater fans, and military enthusiasts and honors the courageous patients, family members and service providers facing life-threatening challenges, aging and a future where they are themselves becoming mentors for the next generation.



Product Details ISBN: 9781646633050
ISBN-10: 1646633059
Publisher: Koehler Books
Publication Date: February 23rd, 2021
Pages: 344
Language: English