by Seven years have passed since Uzma died.
In many ways, that sentence still feels impossible to write.
A couple of months before her death from stage 4 breast cancer, Uzma wrote and self-published her memoir, Left Boob Gone Rogue. It was her voice on the page: honest, funny, sharp, brave, and deeply human.
After she died, life changed all at once. I became a single parent to our two children, who were still very young. My job was clear, and it was not book promotion. It was raising them, loving them, and helping them find their way through a loss none of us had wanted.
So for years, while the book remained out in the world, I did very little to promote it beyond an occasional mention on social media around its publication anniversary.
But sometimes a voice waits patiently for its next opening.
Recently, I had the opportunity to speak about Uzma’s book in an interview on a small local television channel. That experience led to another opportunity: Left Boob Gone Rogue has now been accepted for display and sale at the Local Author Meet & Greet at Glenview Public Library on Tuesday, April 21, from 7:00 to 8:00 pm.
I am grateful for that. I am also grateful to Yvonne Wolf, whose encouragement helped make both opportunities possible.
Uzma is not here to sit behind a table and talk with readers herself. I will be there in her place, not as the author, but as the husband of an author whose words still matter.
The book now has 4.9 stars from 251 Amazon reviews, which tells me that even after all these years, her story continues to reach people.
If you are local, I would be honored if you stopped by.
Glenview Public Library
1930 Glenview Road,
Glenview, IL 60026
Tuesday, April 21
7:00–8:00 pm
Some lives end too soon.
Some voices do not.
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