Waiting for the Monsoon by Rod Nordland review – a war reporter finds a ‘second life’ in the shadow of death dlvr.it/T66dPY

Rebecca Foster reviews WAITING FOR THE MONSOON by Rod Nordland for BookBrowse.
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Looking forward to this from Rod Nordland

'Thanks to the kindness of a stranger, who took me to a hospital, I didn’t die but ended up in an artificially induced coma the hospital’s ICU.'

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Brain Cancer Was Supposed to Kill Me. Instead, It Gave Me a Second Life. A devastating diagnosis prompted a reporter to revisit his past — and repair his mistakes, by Rod Nordland nytimes.com/2024/03/04/wel… via NYTimes Well #glioblastoma

Watch this moving and insightful PBS Newshour interview with longtime war reporter Rod Nordland, NYTimes, Newsweek.youtube.com/watch?v=HLaOV4…

ICYMI, a lovely interview with Rod Nordland about connecting with what matters in the face of a cancer diagnosis. Bravo to Nick Schifrin for this conversation

“Really serious when I say I don't think I have ever felt happier in my life, and I have the tumor to thank for that. Even though it'll kill me, I will die a happy man.” — Rod Nordland on living with glioblastoma.

All the best, Rod Nordland. I’m looking forward to reading it.

.Nick Schifrin thank you for such a warm and human conversation. That was the most wonderful interview imaginable. So many people have commented to us about how moving it was. Thank you.

After decades of covering war, traveling the world and being estranged from his family, journalist Rod Nordland was given a diagnosis of incurable cancer. Nick Schifrin sat down with Rod Nordland to talk about facing death and finding grace and love.
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Whatever is going on in your life right now I promise you your perspective will change after watching this brilliant piece as Rod faces death and embraces life. @pbs ⁦Rod Nordland⁩ ⁦Leila Segal⁩ ⁦Nick Schifrin⁩ youtu.be/HLaOV4yJSAY?si…

.Rod Nordland was an extraordinary, death-defying foreign correspondent for decades, and now he's a death-defying cancer patient and author. This is a wonderful conversation between Rod and Nick Schifrin about how a brain tumor changes one's trajectory, not always in bad ways.

This is quite possibly the loveliest book interview I’ve ever seen. You are the best, Rod Nordland

Meet @RodNordland—legendary war correspondent—in his life-affirming memoir of finding true happiness while battling terminal brain cancer.

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Rod Nordland’s moving memoir of a life bravely lived

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'When you are a foreign correspondent and have covered wars in dozens of countries, the last place you’d expect a threat to your life to come from is your own cells. Yet this was the predicament in which Rod Nordland found himself in July 2019.'

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Congratulations Rod Nordland on this book and a career of truthtelling. npr.org/2024/03/05/123…

'Just another war': Only Rod Nordland, the legendary war correspondent and my former Newsweek colleague, could find a way to put a positive face on a terminal illness. Be sure to listen to this #CNN interview: cnn.com/videos/tv/2024…

The great Rod Nordland

For years, Rod Nordland risked his life to tell the human stories from war zones. Then, nearly five years ago, he collapsed and was diagnosed with a brain tumor. He has outlived the odds, and in his new memoir Waiting for the Monsoon, he explains how he remains hopeful.