l to r: Tony, Carol, Nana (sitting), Darcy, and Chris Alimenti
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ABOUT
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“Although My Turn on the Couch is about a family riddled with cancer, it’s not a story about death. It’s about life, and the remarkable life of Carol Alimenti and her family.
Their navigation through one of the most treacherous of enemies is a life lesson for us all. Carol’s son and mother were already battling the disease when Carol was diagnosed with a rare sarcoma. She lived seven years when she was given only fifteen months. This book is her story of maneuvering through those years, not just surviving, but living, loving and laughing while struggling with enormous pain, chemo, radiation and numerous surgeries.
My Turn on the Couch doesn’t back away from everything Carol goes through, but it embraces how she goes through it. With diet, rest, yoga, restorative therapy, music, art, reading, movies, travel, determination, breathing right and, above all, humor and faith, Carol, her husband Tony, her son Chris and daughter Darcy show us how to hug each day. You will feel less likely to complain about the minutia most of us find irritating, and instead relish even the smallest miracles of the everyday.”
—Carol Donsky Newell, author of Blue Lewis and Sasha the Great, Flight of the Kiwi and A Perfect Spring Day. She is an award-winning journalist, film critic and teacher.
Their navigation through one of the most treacherous of enemies is a life lesson for us all. Carol’s son and mother were already battling the disease when Carol was diagnosed with a rare sarcoma. She lived seven years when she was given only fifteen months. This book is her story of maneuvering through those years, not just surviving, but living, loving and laughing while struggling with enormous pain, chemo, radiation and numerous surgeries.
My Turn on the Couch doesn’t back away from everything Carol goes through, but it embraces how she goes through it. With diet, rest, yoga, restorative therapy, music, art, reading, movies, travel, determination, breathing right and, above all, humor and faith, Carol, her husband Tony, her son Chris and daughter Darcy show us how to hug each day. You will feel less likely to complain about the minutia most of us find irritating, and instead relish even the smallest miracles of the everyday.”
—Carol Donsky Newell, author of Blue Lewis and Sasha the Great, Flight of the Kiwi and A Perfect Spring Day. She is an award-winning journalist, film critic and teacher.