THEN CAME LIFE

Author of Why I Wore Lipstick to My Mastectomy, this is Geralyn Lucas's funny and moving story of leaving the traumatic experience of cancer behind, and learning to survive all the challenges of a life she thought she would not have.

Twenty years ago, Geralyn Lucas put on red lipstick before entering the operating room to show everyone that she planned to come out the bold and daring woman she never thought she could be. At twenty-seven, she didn't realize how much her single act of courage would connect with women and endear her to breast cancer survivors across the globe.

In Then Came Life, Geralyn is back with the same fearless attitude, exploring what it means to survive cancer, only to face new challenges. When she was fighting cancer, Geralyn prayed she would live long enough to get wrinkles. Now in her mid-forties, she’s the mother of two miracle babies, one who’s grown into a mean tween with a fierce eye-roll and the other a tornado of little-boy energy who refuses to play by his preschool’s rules. Her storybook romance has become couples therapy with a grumpy prince, the job she loves moves across the country without her, and her hard-won wrinkles just make her long for Botox.

Geralyn Lucas is an award-winning TV producer, author, lecturer, and women’s health advocate. Her memoir, Why I Wore Lipstick to My Mastectomy, became an Emmy-nominated Lifetime Original movie and her story was recently featured in Nora and Delia Ephron’s off-Broadway hit, Love, Loss, and What I Wore.