A CANCER PATIENT’S WIFe
Luke's cancer diagnosis is a twist that video producer Maggie never saw coming. As the married couple navigate a maze of long hospital stays, tests, and a life completely interrupted, Luke holds true to his stoic nature while Maggie struggles to embrace her new starring role as a cancer caregiver. With a cast of characters—including their German shepherd, Westy—spanning supportive to downright despicable, Luke and Maggie learn that sometimes healing from an illness is only half the battle. How do you fight the turmoil? Why, with humor of course!
Speaker, Creator
Writer for cancer caregiving
Maren Higbee
Maren is an award-winning novelist and an Emmy nominated producer and writer. Some of her favorite career highlights include working on The Deadliest Catch, Oprah's Big Give, and Jockeys. After many years in the industry, she was thriving when a sudden diagnosis rocked her world. In 2017 a nasty 6" Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma tumor grew in her husband's chest forcing them into the world of hospitals, chemo and confusion. This only taught Maren, there is more work, more sharing, more support we can provide for everyone going through treatment, so she wrote a fictionalized version of their story in her novel, The Cancer Patient’s Wife.
AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR
(5/29/15) -- Melissa Foster, the New York Times and USA Today bestselling indie author of 32 books (which have together sold over 1 million copies) and the founder of the World Literary Cafe and Fostering Success, and Amy Edelman, the founder of IndieReader, announced the winners of the 2015 "IndieReader Discovery Awards" (IRDA) at BEA in New York City.
2015 Award Winner for Chick-Lit & Romance is Maren Higbee’s Lana Fray and the Grand Plan.
“Maren Higbee is a master storyteller and a pragmatic optimist, and her wildly entertaining new book is the perfect dose of humor and strength for caregivers looking for a path forward. A Cancer Patient’s Wife is as much a way of life as it is a book; we are lucky to have Maren as our guide.”