“For as long as I have followed his work, Tim Wendel has always chosen a distinct path of intimate stories within big topics, those subjects revealed by his superb way of getting at the particular. This riveting book—which will ring familiar with too many of us—is no different. Bravo!”

“Both informative and compassionate, Wendel’s book celebrates his brother’s life and serves as a testament to the commitment of doctors who went above and beyond expectations to transform a death sentence into a survivable disease. A sensitive and thoughtful excavation of a painful period in the author’s life.”

“It’s amazing when an author can plumb the pain of his personal past and find in it a story—Cancer Crossings—of historical significance. Tim Wendel’s younger brother died of leukemia in the mid-70s. Through deep reporting (which was spurred by his daughter, a young physician), he found that the doctors who treated his brother were the very men who, at the very time, were pioneering the treatment of leukemia that virtually robbed the disease of its terrible, killing power.”

“Few families have had their stories told as crisply and compassionately as Tim Wendel tells his in The Cancer Crossings. Buttressed by his years as a journalist, Wendel weaves both the skill of an investigative reporter with the artfulness and honesty of a memoirist. The result is a work that is as instructive as it is heartbreaking.”