The Wilds of Cancer
A Life-Affirming Journey
Published on 9. January 2026
Book
Paperback/Softback
234 pages
979-8-9938154-0-4 (ISBN)
Description
The Wilds of Cancer is, at its heart, a love story of how Rick and his wife, Mary, move as a couple through a major health crisis after he is diagnosed with aggressive prostate cancer.
It presents an honest, human look at living through diagnosis, treatment, and side effects. In engaging true stories, Rick shares their fears and successes, their vulnerable moments and joyful breakthroughs on a life-affirming journey. He also describes their holistic approach to dealing with cancer, which combines rigorous research with changes in diet, attitude, rest, exercise, and time in nature.
This book's thoughtful, hopeful perspective doesn't sugarcoat the experience. Instead, it offers-from a patient's perspective-strength and clarity when everything feels uncertain. This book speaks directly to patients, spouses, and anyone on a journey into the wilds of cancer.
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Rick's books combine engaging and true storytelling with accurate science. His last book, The Wilds of Aging: A Journey of Heart and Mind, takes you on an illuminating journey into a passage we all will face if we're lucky. The book won the National Indie Excellence Award and was a finalist in the Next Generation Indie Book Awards. It is a prequel to his previous two books.Deep into Yellowstone: A Year's Immersion in Grandeur & Controversy is a sequel to his first book. Rick digs into controversies threatening Yellowstone, while inspiring readers to protect our nation's first national park. It won a Gold Medal in the Independent Publisher Book Awards. It was a finalist in the Next Generation Indie Book Awards and in the National Indie Excellence Awards.His first Yellowstone book, In the Temple of Wolves: A Winter's Immersion in Wild Yellowstone, is a literary blend of facts and feelings that celebrates nature's stark beauty and the importance of wolves, while revealing Rick's inner battles with his own human nature. The book was a Montaigne Medal Finalist and won 2nd place in the Readers Views Literary Awards.