Radical Survivor

"Radical Survivor" chronicles elementary school principal Nancy Saltzman's extraordinary saga as a two-time cancer survivor who lost her entire family in a small plane crash. Told with honesty, insight and laugh out loud flashes of humor, Radical Survivor traverses the full spectrum of human emotions. Several aspects of this book make it unique among memories. *The book is enriched by letters to the author interwoven with narrative throughout the book. Most of the notes were received after the death of her family, but some are mementos from her husband and entries from her son's journals. *The author has experienced an extraordinary number of life challenges: two bouts of breast cancer before she turned forty; the loss of her entire family--husband and two young sons--in a small-plane crash when she was in her early forties; the premature death of her sister; losing her father to cancer and her mother to Alzheimer's Disease. *The story is uncommonly open and honest about what one must go through in a catastrophic accident resulting in multiple deaths. Yet it also shares the strength that can be mustered when necessary, and showcases one woman's remarkable resilience in the face of ultimate loss. *We learn how the heart ultimately makes room for both loved ones lost and happiness found.