The Boy in the Mirror

By: Tom Preston

Narrated by: Alex Wyndham

In January 2011, aged 21, Tom Preston was diagnosed with stage four advanced aggressive lymphoma. His chances of survival were optimistically placed at around 40 percent. This short, autobiographical work tells the story of the fight in the months that followed - but this is no ordinary cancer memoir.

The Boy in the Mirror is written in the second person - so the events in this book are happening to you, the listener, living through the hope, love, suffering, death, and black comedy encountered by Tom during the battle to save himself.

©2015 Tom Preston (P)2016 Tom Preston

Difficult read, though worthwhile

I wish I had read this account earlier. I sat with our son throughout his chemo treatments, and I now imagine his thoughts much the same as the author describes. It may have helped both of us to have these thoughts put into words, even those of acceptance when the author thought he might die. In any event, I thank the author for writing this, and the narrator for lending his perfect voice.