Heart Wiseguy: How to Live the Good Life After a Heart Attack
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| Rating | : | 4.42 (790 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 031218591X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 243 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-12-04 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
"Five Stars" according to janicegarrison. Fantastic book!
For decades, Cartwright worked as a journalist, screenwriter and novelist, founding with writer Bud Shrake the "Mad Dogs," which recruited the likes of actors Howard Hesseman and Dennis Hopper and the woman who would be the governor of Texas, Ann Richards (who contributes a foreword here). Author tour. Finally in 1988, a heart attack and bypass surgery filled Cartwright with a genuine resolve to live and to take responsibility for his health. After two divorces, Cartwright was still not deterred from his steady diet of alcohol, tobacco, drugs or spicy, fat-laden foods, while "one by one," as he recalls, "my old pals were hitting the wall." While several of Cartwright's friends suffered and died from emphysema, throat cancer, diabetes and liver damage, Richards and Hopper went into rehab and sobered up. Cartwright brings his firsthand experiences and insights to life
Part memoir, part salient advice, this book gives a host of constructive tips from a guy who's been there.. For 40 plus years, Cartwright led the hard-living life of a working journalist.Then came a heart attack, the pacemaker, and the quintuple bypass