Author Description

One young cancer patient receives a devastating diagnosis. Decades later, she recounts her story to encourage others to keep believing in your life's worth. In 1969, thirteen-year-old Susan Marshall receives the news that she has acute lymphatic leukemia and is not expected to live. Next comes years of chemotherapy, blood transfusions, and repeated in- fections, as well as her parents' agony in watching their child suffer. As she watches other patients meet tragic demises, Susan questions why God isn't taking her too. This question has turned into a calling to share her story as a cancer-free woman, whose life purpose is intimately tied to her survival. Told with determined strength, Susan's journey reveals a vivid depiction of those formidable years using interviews, medical re- cords, and her own memories. Her words will leave readers with hope in the face of adversity, and with faith despite any tragedy that feels too big.