{"product_id":"9780888015297","title":"Dead Man on a Bike: Riding with Cancer","description":"\u003cp\u003eWayne Tefs is the \u003ci\u003eDead Man on a Bike\u003c\/i\u003e in his posthumous follow-up memoir to \u003ci\u003eRoller Coaster\u003c\/i\u003e: \u003ci\u003eA Cancer Journey.\u003c\/i\u003e Diagnosed with a rare cancer in 1994, Tefs spent the next 20 years raising a family, writing acclaimed works of fictions, battling cancer, and cycling. Always cycling.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrutally visceral in his approach, Tefs explains: \"This book is about \u003ci\u003ethe wound\u003c\/i\u003e, about how cancer sticks a knife in your side and says, There, do what you can. What are the options? You can fall over dead; whinge out your days; leave the knife to fester; yank it out and splash blood around; pretend the knife is not there; anaesthetize it; use it to wound others; rage. Attempt to ride it away on a bicycle.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd ride he does. Tefs cycles along the highways and byways of the Manitoba prairie; steep and arid Catalina Foothills; and lush, rolling French countryside. While he rides, he unflinchingly examines his sense of Self, uncovering bright flares of insight, earthy humour, deep-seated fears of mortality, and Zen-like moments when the Self falls away and all that remains is peace.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDead Man on a Bike\u003cem\u003e 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. \u003c\/em\u003e-\u003cem\u003eWinnipeg Free Press\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Turnstone Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47009173602544,"sku":"9780888015297","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780888015297_p0.jpg?v=1763854655","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780888015297","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}