Stargazing in Solitude
The follow up memoir to the bestselling FRONTAL MATTER: GLUE GONE WILD. The reader continues on the cancer treatment and recovery journey with Suzanne Samples. Her honesty, candidness and humor enables the reader to turn each page with empathy and hope.
Suzanne Samples is a writer and college professor at Appalachian State University. Her memoir Frontal Matter: Glue Gone Wild details her sudden diagnosis with terminal brain cancer (glioblastoma multiforme) at 36. Partly written while hospitalized for a month in January of 2018, Frontal Matter showcases short pieces of writing that describe Suzanne’s brain surgery, diagnosis, treatment, and the never-ending process of recovery. Frontal Matter received a coveted starred review from Kirkus Reviews and was subsequently named a Best Indie Book of 2019 by Kirkus.