Chasing Normal

<p>Non-fiction. A memoir. Chasing Normal allows you to walk alongside a metastatic cancer diagnosis. You experience the everyday ups and downs and emotions that the author has encountered since being diagnosed in 2011 with cancer. What do Ikea flat packs Whistler's Mother and mysterious comets each have in common with cancer? Well...everything and nothing at all. For Jo Rothwell they have been the difference between living with metastatic cancer and simply living. Over eleven years ago she was enrolled in the cancer classroom. Lessons learnt include; resilience acceptance purpose distraction adaptability perspective and a master class in humour. But this book is not just about cancer. It is also deemed a love story. The love a mother has for her son. A story of hope. A story of how your purpose in life can give you the greatest strength and help you walk alongside the greatest challenges. Put simply Jo refuses to let cancer define her and so to counteract cancer's chaos...she chases normal.'</p>