Life seemed idyllic for thirty-two-year-old Liz Holzemer. Wife of Major League Baseball pitcher Mark Holzemer, Liz was enjoying a successful career as a journalist when an MRI revealed a baseball-size brain tumor she soon found out was called meningioma. Told with clarity and unwavering humor, this book is an inspirational and informative account of one woman’s battle for her life. It shows how she emerged from this frightening diagnosis and two brain surgeries retaining her remarkable spirit of survival and renewed sense of purpose and hope. With practical information about meningioma and brain surgery, Curveball is a manual for people who face life-altering challenges and is also proof that one need not fight such battles alone.
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
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This review is from: Curveball: When Life Throws You a Brain Tumor (Paperback)
As the relative of someone with a brain tumor, I found this book to be very honest and insightful. I often imagined how painful this experience could be but always focused on the physical rather than the mental anguish. Liz reveals what's going on inside her head with self-deprecating humor and heart-felt honesty. I was very moved as she described her mom's parting words before the major surgery, and this is balanced by much lighter and very funny moments such as her description of a mission to a Target store to check up on her own sanity. There are so many ups and downs that I felt compelled to finish the story quickly hoping everything would turn out for the best in the end. I would especially recommend this book to friends and relatives of those with a brain tumor diagnosis so they might gain insight that the person may not be willing or able to share as they are going through it.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
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True picture,
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This review is from: Curveball: When Life Throws You a Brain Tumor (Paperback)
Having just undergone my second brain surgery, I can attest to the fact that this book will prepare anyone who is going to undergo this type of surgery, and would be especially helpful to a family member who wants to understand what their loved one will be experiencing. Liz masterfully interweaves the unvarnished facts with humour, making it delightful read. I would loved to have had such a book to read prior to my surgeries!
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
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Honest and Personal Braintumor Survival Story,
This review is from: Curveball: When Life Throws You a Brain Tumor (Paperback)
I just read this wonderful rare find on how to cope with a brain tumor as told through the eyes of Liz Holzemer. She expresses her harrowing ordeal with and triumph over a shocking brain tumor. This book gives you a close-up look of what it is like to suffer through the effects of such an often overlooked tumor---a meningioma. Anyone surviving a serious medical illness could identify and learn from the experiences that Liz Holzemer describes in vivid and clear detail. And any partner or spouse of someone with a serious medical illness will be able to appreciate the strength and support of her husband Mark. Fast-paced, engaging, and full of original wit, this book is enjoyable to read.
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