Pump Up Your Book Presents Chemo on the Rocks: My Great Alaskan Adventure Virtual Book Publicity Tour

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Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Rebecca L. Durkin’s CHEMO ON THE ROCKS: MY GREAT ALASKAN MISADVENTURE virtual book tour September 1 – 30!

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PUYB Inside the Book

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Chemo on the Rocks 2 Title: Chemo on the Rocks: My Great Alaskan Misadventure
Author: Rebecca L. Durkin
Publisher: Christine F. Anderson Publishing & Media
Pages: 178
Genre: Memoir
Format: Hardcover/Paperback/Kindle/Nook

Chemo on the Rocks is a shoreside seat on Rebecca (Becky) Durkin’s great Alaskan misadventure. It highlights the hilarity and heartache of a young girl who finds herself marooned in Ketchikan—fondly known as “The Rock”—where she remains on her self-imposed Alaskatraz for almost thirty years.

Chemo on the Rocks is witty, inspirational, satirical, and sometimes terrifying. It is a mix of pain and laughter as Becky walks the IV gauntlet, trailing behind the unfettered back end peeking through the drab hospital gown of the man shuffling before her.  Chemo on the Rocks is a hard-fought battle in the fallopian trenches where Becky wages war on ovarian cancer—the ultimate wedding crasher—as it invites an entire medical team into her honeymoon suite.  She slays the cancer dragon and has two children in defiance of the beast, but just when it seems life has returned to normalcy, she prematurely crashes onto Mount Hysteria and wanders aimlessly through the Hormone War Zone in the Land of the Ovary Snatchers.

Everything about having chemo on the rock was made more difficult by Becky’s fears of boating and flying—the only escape from the island—which became more terrifying with each trip to Seattle for surgery or testing. Chemo on the Rocks showcases the many parallels between sea adventures and cancer adventures, such as doldrums while awaiting diagnosis, the skull and cross bones of chemo, the bitter end of a failed marriage, tying the knot of another, listing dangerously, and perhaps a return to navigable waters.

For More Information

  • Chemo on the Rocks: My Great Alaskan Misadventure is available at Amazon.
  • Pick up your copy at Barnes & Noble.
  • Discuss this book at PUYB Virtual Book Club at Goodreads.

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PUYB Meet the Author

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Rebecca L. Durkin Rebecca Durkin, author of Chemo on the Rocks: My Great Alaskan Misadventure, and her short story, Behind the Smile, is known for her candor and sense of humor.

Rebecca is a featured speaker/creative trainer for an annual women’s retreat in California, where she shares her experiences and provides writing ideas. She is also a volunteer for the Survivors Teaching Students: Saving Women’s Lives ® program for the Ovarian Cancer National Alliance.

Rebecca spent the majority of her life living on the edge of the shore, first on Whidbey Island, Washington and then in rainy Ketchikan, Alaska where she lived a waterlogged existence for almost thirty years.  She currently lives in the Pacific Northwest where she enjoys road trips with her husband, hanging with her adult children, playing with her three Bichons—Scuppers, Scuttles, and Teeny Booty—and finding the humor in everyday life.

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PUYB Tour Schedule A
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Tuesday, September 1

Interview at The Writer’s Life

Wednesday, September 2

Book Featured at Celtic Lady’s Reviews

Thursday, September 3

Guest Blogging at Mythical Books

Tuesday, September 8

Guest Blogging at Lori’s Reading Corner

Wednesday, September 9

Book Featured at Confessions of a Reader

Monday, September 14

Guest Blogging at The Story Behind the Book

Wednesday, September 15

Book Featured at Defending the Pen

Thursday, September 17

Book Featured at CBY Book Club

Monday, September 21

Interview at PUYB Virtual Book Club

Tuesday, September 22

Book Featured at Stormy Nights Reviewing and Bloggin’

Wednesday, September 23

Book Review at Books and Barrels

Monday, September 28

Interview at I’m Shelf-ish

Wednesday, September 30

Book Review at My Life.  One Story at a Time.

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