Book Reviews
Brokaw doesn’t paste a smiley face on his story. Again and again, the book returns to stories of loss but also of grace, luck and the beauty of having another swing at bat.
Washington Post
Engaging...[with] the kind of insight that is typical of Mr. Brokaw’s approach to life and now to illness.
Wall Street Journal
It’s impossible not to be inspired by Brokaw’s story, and his willingness to share it.
Los Angeles Times
The former NBC News anchor has applied the fact-finding skills and straightforward candor that were his stock in trade during his reporting days to A Lucky Life Interrupted.
USA Today
(Starred review.) A powerful memoir of battling cancer and facing mortality . . . Through the prism of his own illness, Brokaw looks at the larger picture of aging in America.
Booklist
Brokaw’s account lacks the depth and fire of Christopher Hitchens’ Mortality (2013), but it belongs on the same shelf as a wise and oddly comforting look at the toughest news of all.
Kirkus Reviews