As the publisher of this memoir, I had the opportunity to be one of the first readers of this book. From the first page, Michelle’s story drew me in, and I knew it was going to resonate with a variety of readers. She skillfully and candidly recounts her experience in a way that makes you feel like you are there with her in every moment. While this is a book about her breast cancer experience, it goes much deeper than that. Michelle does an excellent job of including life lessons and motivational messages that will have a universal appeal. I think readers will easily find themselves within the pages of this highly emotional, inspirational tale. It’s easy to fall in love with Michelle’s writing style, which beautifully combines poetry and prose into every detail.

— Holly Chervnsik, President/Creative Director, SuburbanBuzz.com LLC

I lived this book. On reading it, I lived it again. It so completely captures everything that happened. I found myself right back in that place where cancer tried to bulldoze our life. That place where Michelle stood up, faced it down and said ‘No, I will not let you take me.’ That place where none of us around her were allowed to doubt for a minute that she would win this fight. That place where she did just that.

If you want to know what it’s like to go through the diagnosis, chemo, surgeries, the daily battle to keep believing that you will survive this, and to come out the other side intact and to somehow find a better, stronger version of yourself, then you need to read this book. It will inspire you.

— Ken Sandlin