Hope in the Time of Chemo

In 2017, award winning solo performer David Lee Nelson received news that would change his life. At 38 years old he was diagnosed with Stage Four Colon Cancer. He kept a blog of his time in chemotherapy—a heartbreakingly funny chronicle of a disease which affects over nine million Americans. He has turned that blog into his debut book, Hope in the Time of Chemo. Hope in the Time of Chemo is not a story about sickness. It’s about life’s setbacks and surprises. It’s about being in love in the face of cancer. It’s about finding hope in the most unlikely of places. Praise for David Lee Nelson:"His work has always been brutally and often hilariously honest, and inevitably presented with a gratis side of hit ya in the feels. A+" —Charleston City Paper “A comic unlike any other.” —Post and Courier“4 Stars” —Time Out, New York “Nelson presents what is often a painful and divisive subject, infusing it with wit and humor.” —Theatre Jones, Dallas, TX“A brilliant writer, Nelson has wrung a thing of beauty out of the most gnarly situation. He also gives his listeners permission to laugh out loud — not just nervous giggles, but guffaws…”—The Gazette Read more