
One of America's most distinguished men of letters offers an eloquent, poignant account of his own battle with cancer of the spine, describing his struggle to come to terms with the disease, its treatment, and his determination to get on with his life.

Reynolds Price has long been one of America's most acclaimed and accomplished men of letters -- the author of novels, stories, poems, essays, plays, and a memoir. In A Whole New Life, however, he steps from behind that roster of achievements to present us with a more...

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In 1984 a large cancer was discovered in Reynolds Price's spinal cord. Here he recounts without self-pity what became a long struggle to withstand and recover from this appalling, if all too common, affliction. He charts the first puzzling symptoms; the urgent surgery that fails...
