Out of the Inferno: A Husband's Passage Through Cancerland

A splendid story of the ups and downs of a man and woman living with cancer. This beautiful, funny, open, and honest memoir will appeal to both women and men whose lives are profoundly altered by chronic illness. Randy's story opens with his father-in-law's visit to the grave of his mother who had died of breast cancer in the 1940s, and proceeds to an examination room at MD Anderson in Houston where Laurene, his wife, receives a diagnosis of advanced breast cancer. Blended with humor and heartbreak, Randy describes his eleven-year journey through Cancerland."What happens when cancer takes center stage? Randy Evans bares his soul and shares his and Laurene's story and the aftermath of that story in a very engaging book. He combines down home Texas culture with a running commentary on lessons learned, all within the context of a trip through hell (Dante's Inferno). But he continues on, out of hell, and into a new life. A powerful story." --Linda Yarger, Medical Librarian, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, and breast cancer survivor."Out of the Inferno examines life, love, and cancer. Randy Evans documents the years he and his wife battled cancer, touching on everything from treatments to travel...his descriptive prose and powerful imagery (Evans needed a wheelchair to move the enormous stack of Laurene's medical files from room to room) drive the story home."-KIRKUS REVIEWS "Out of the Inferno is an eye-opening, honest memoir written by an author whose wife lived and died with cancer. Rarely have authors whose partners died taken the time and effort to put their experience on paper for the rest of us. The powerful writing forces the reader to feel the good, bad, and the horrific while uplifting the reader with lessons learned. This unique book fills a gap in the cancer literature. I love this book."-DR. THEODORA ROSS, M.D., PH.D., CANCER GENETICIST, DIRECTOR, CANCER GENETICS PROGRAM, UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER, DALLAS, AUTHOR, A CANCER IN THE FAMILY (AVERY).