“Please find a way to make our story help someone else.”

Through the lens of a scientist, Alan Townsend’s memoir walks through the nearly impossible odds of both his daughter and wife getting diagnosed with unrelated, rare brain cancers. Forced to tread through the most harrowing moments of his life, Townsend does so—at times—with grace, science as his friend, and other times wading through near-total darkness, science seemingly against him. 

The memoir itself is a courageous, deeply vulnerable look at the joy, suffering, sickness, and health we’re all guaranteed in life. It weaves science, faith, love, and grief together. Devastatingly beautiful. 

Thank you to Grand Central Publishing for the gifted copy. 💌