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In this book… Lance tells about his life/cancer. He's a four time Tour de France cycling champion, is a survivor of metastatic testicular cancer. This book is about how his life changed from the moment of his diagnosis and to surviving his cancer and going on with his career. He had been a world class cyclist prior to cancer, but his experience with cancer gave him profound insight not only into his life as a cyclist and competitor, but into life itself.

It is this latter insight which he recognizes as ultimately the most important aspect of his cancer experience. Armstrong notes: "Odd as it sounds, I would rather have the title of cancer survivor than winner of the Tour, because of what it has done for me as a human being, a man, a husband, a son, and a father." (p. 259)
Written in a conversational, straightforward tone, the book chronicles Armstrong's childhood in Texas as the son of a strong, loving, supportive, financially struggling, young mother; his beatings at the......

Approximate Word Count: 744
Approximate Pages: 3 (260 words per double-spaced page)