Better Dirty Than Done, Rick Czaplewski
Better Dirty Than Done, Rick Czaplewski
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Better Dirty Than Done

Author: Rick Czaplewski

Narrator: Rick Czaplewski

Unabridged: 4 hr 5 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/15/2024


Synopsis

Inspiring. Emotional. Profound.
A Cancer Diagnosis and a Relapse …
Grim Medical Results …
The Expiring Clock …
The Unquenchable Thirst to Live and Thrive …
Already facing a wretched cancer diagnosis, a young man’s prospects for survival dim as he
learns his treatments have not worked. Writing against the clock, he feverishly authors a story of profound joy and sadness exploring the life he could have lived. Desperately told, his story takes you through poignant memories, intimate relationships, and fantastical triumphs in a quest to make sense of it all and leave a legacy behind.
An addictive, inspiring memoir, Better Dirty Than Done will have you turning pages and
questioning the value of your own time. What would you do if your life suddenly had an
imminent expiration date? Grab a box of tissues and reflect on both the fragility of life and its limitless potential for joy.
Beautifully told through an authentic, intimate voice Better Dirty Than Done will inspire anyone seeking to make sense of life. It fits perfectly with the missions of hospitals and cancer organizations and on resource lists of inspirational reads for cancer patients and survivors. This is the perfect book for college students or university “book talk” events.

Reviews

What do you do after learning you are going to die relatively young and soon? That’s the central theme of this moving and matter-of-fact memoir by Rick Czaplewski. It opens with the author recalling his growing-up years in Milwaukee and quickly transitions into his Hodgkin’s Disease diagnosis as a co......more

FYI: I am biased. I am the wildly swearing friend that engages in somewhat obnoxious but always loving behavior in the book. I read the book in one day. I did that on purpose. I knew this would be a wild read given I am (still) friends with the author. It is an intense read. Rick’s story goes far be......more

Goodreads review by Frank

A young man with cancer is enabled to see a scan of his tumour days before he meets his oncologist to discuss the prognosis. He misinterprets what he sees and spends the next while believing he is doomed to die before he has time to achieve anything of significance. (This is not a spoiler because we......more

Goodreads review by Bonnie

This is an amazing memoir about the author’s fight with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma and his determination to write his own story. He allows us a seat in the room as he finds out he’s had a relapse, and then he begins to respond in his own way. We learn what it looks like when a college student has to leave s......more