Dead Man on a Bike: Riding with Cancer - Softcover

Tefs, Wayne

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0888015291 ISBN 13: 9780888015297

Publisher: Turnstone Press, 2016

Synopsis

For many, the first bicycle bears a special significance. For Wayne Tefs that first bike would be more important than he could ever imagine. Dead Man on a Bike, the follow-up to Tefs' memoir,Rollercoaster: A Cancer Journey, chronicles his relationship with cycling and its importance to his battle with cancer. Not only did cycling strengthen his body to better fight the illness within, it provided his mind the peace it needed to face the next round of treatments. Whether riding along the level highways of Manitoba or climbing the Alps along the route of the Tour De France, through all his ups and downs, Wayne keeps riding.

About this title

About the Author:

Wayne Tefs was born in Winnipeg and grew up in northwestern Ontario. He edited a number of anthologies and published nine novels and a work of non-fiction. His novel Moon Lake received the Margaret Laurence Award for Fiction in 2000 and his novel Be Wolf won the 2007 McNally Robinson Book of the Year Award. Wayne Tefs died in 2014.

Review:

"Dead Man on a Bike is a love letter to cycling, to family and friends, and to the natural world. For cancer patients, it offers a new approach to grappling with disease." -Winnipeg Free Press

About this edition

• Publisher: Turnstone Press
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 0888015291
• ISBN 13: 9780888015297
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 168