NYT bestselling author Joni Rodgers was born into a family of gospel/bluegrass musicians and grew up on. .She's known on both coasts as a ghostwriter, book doctor and memoir guru who applies the fine art of fiction to the creation of well-crafted narrative nonfiction.
NYT bestselling author Joni Rodgers was born into a family of gospel/bluegrass musicians and grew up on stage, opening for huge-haired country music legends of the 60s and 70s. She continued performing until 1994, when she was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and used the chemo downtime to complete her first two novels, both of which were published to critical acclaim.
Joni Rodgers is the author of the memoir Bald in the Land of Big Hair, and the novels Crazy .
Joni Rodgers is the author of the memoir Bald in the Land of Big Hair, and the novels Crazy for Trying and Sugar Land. She lives with her family near Houston, Texas. Joni Rodgers has a way of putting readers in her shoes and taking them along on her journey as she fights her way through chemo treatments and a devastating cancer prognosis while struggling to maintain who she is - a mother to two young children, a wife and partner, and a talented actress/singer with dreams of making it as a novelist.
Joni Rodgers lives in Texas, where big hair is a God-given right. Rodgers, a novelist (Crazy for Trying), actress, and radio DJ living in Houston ("the Land of Big Hair"), discusses being diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in her early thirties
Joni Rodgers lives in Texas, where big hair is a God-given right. Rodgers, a novelist (Crazy for Trying), actress, and radio DJ living in Houston ("the Land of Big Hair"), discusses being diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in her early thirties. She covers the confusion of diagnosis, the horrors of chemotherapy, and, finally, the uncertainty of remission. Rodgers tells her story with wit and clarity.
The true story of Joni Rodgers is remarkable on many levels. Her battle with a devastating illness is retold with the greatest humanity. Her humor and keen observation is a testament to the capacity for kindness and strength in the face of the most humbling of circumstances
The true story of Joni Rodgers is remarkable on many levels. Her humor and keen observation is a testament to the capacity for kindness and strength in the face of the most humbling of circumstances. A must read for anyone interested in the power of the human spirit! 0. Report. com User, February 28, 2001. She says this is "a very important book
Rodgers brings the gifts of wisdom and compassion to her work, and shows readers the hidden rewards of surviving life's difficulties.
Rodgers brings the gifts of wisdom and compassion to her work, and shows readers the hidden rewards of surviving life's difficulties. Bald in the Land of Big Hair is the hilarious-and often heartbreaking-tale of Joni Rodgers's journey through the badlands of cancer told with humor, occasional anger, and unflinching honesty
Joni Rodgers lives in Texas, where big hair is a God-given right. also about how to ground yourself in the life you're living. - Elizabeth Berg author of Open House. It's essential to any waitressing job, prerequisite for a real estate license, as natural as Naugahyde, and as important as Elvis. But at thirty-two, Joni was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and lost her hair to chemotherapy.
More than just a cancer book, this is a deeply affecting memoir of one woman's struggle to come to.Joni Rodgers is the author of the memoir Bald in the Land of Big Hair, and the novels Crazy for Trying and Sugar Land.
More than just a cancer book, this is a deeply affecting memoir of one woman's struggle to come to terms with everything that life throws her wa. ltimately, this is a moving celebration of the true meaning of human triumph and courage, the importance of community and the imperative of living everyday with jo.
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