About the book
Carrie Host
knows the word cancer takes a second to change your life, as well as the lives
of your partner, parents, children and all who love you. In her exquisitely written and deeply moving new
memoir , BETWEEN ME AND THE RIVER: Living
Beyond Cancer: A Memoir she chronicles her heroic struggle
against a rare and incurable form of cancer and offers readers concrete advice
about how to cope with day to day life while maintaining healthy
relationships with family and friends. Candid and utterly uplifting,
BETWEEN ME AND THE RIVER details some of the most difficult time in
Carrie’s life, and reveals how she found the strength to survive her
disease. The book is packed with inspiration, advice, comfort and hope
for anyone suffering with a life threaten disease. It documents the complexities of what a mother diagnosed
with cancer must face—tests, misdiagnoses,
surgeries and treatments—while continuing to
parent young children and maintain a loving relationship with her husband. It
is the most personal and uplifting story of how one woman found
the strength and fortitude to triumph over adversity, and craft a
new and meaningful existence.
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About Carrie Host
Carrie serves on the board of directors for the Caring
for Carcinoid Foundation based in Boston, Massachusetts
(www.caringforcarcinoid.org), which is the only not-for-profit foundation
dedicated to discovering a cure for carcinoid and related neuroendocrine
tumors. An accomplished public speaker,
Host addresses cancer patients and the medical community at CFCF and other
cancer-related fundraising events across the country. As a member of Rocky Mountain Team
Survivor—an organization of 400 that promotes health, education and fitness
programs for women affected by cancer— she stays involved with the local cancer
community in Boulder, Colorado. Carrie
and her husband, Amory, co-founded the Colorado Youth Program in 1995; a
nonprofit that connects under privileged children with nature and their
community. The program enriches over 150 children annually through a 10-day
summer camp and year-round programming. A third-generation Colorado native, she
lives in Boulder with her husband and their three children: Chanel (18), Marco
(16) and William (5).
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