The second edition of Rollercoaster should be ready for a curious public next month.
With its first major revision in 15 years, the book, which now carries the adjusted subtitle How a man can survive his partner’s breast cancer or any other lethal disease, is up-to-the-minute insofar as medicines, treatments, and where to find help are concerned.
The volume, first of four I, Woody Weingarten, wrote since becoming a “retired” elder, contains several totally new chapters. It also features massive rewrites in virtually every other segment.
Nancy and Woody, circa 1997
Nancy Fox, my musical-genius wife and muse who successfully battled breast cancer for more than three decades, is the heroine of Rollercoaster, a real-life love story and memoir.
In effect, it is a tribute to her courage and ability to laugh and to genuinely enjoy her life despite having to forever fight off dangerous cells.
Anyone who wants to find information about my other three books should check out my website, www.woodyweingarten.com.
Highlighted there are MysteryDates: How to keep the sizzle in your relationship; The Roving I, which features 70 favorite newspaper columns I penned; and Grampy and His Fairyzona Playmates, a children’s fantasy aimed at 6- to 10-year-olds that was co-written by my then-8-year-old granddaughter, Hannah Schifrin.
