About the Author
Suzanne Dalton
Author Info
Suzanne Dalton, Reader's Favorite, 5-Star Top Award winner, is the author of the humorous short story series "Poodle Possessed" for Hoflin Publishing's bimonthly international publication, Poodle Review, for 14 years. A Year Lost, A Life Gained is Suzanne's first book.
Suzanne graduated from Wayne State University with a BS in geology. She studied fine art, industrial design, watercolor, and photography at the College for Creative Studies and has a TEFL diploma and a Master's in Applied Project Management from Villanova University. As a fine artist, the GSA ranked her in the top 2% of site-specified commission fiber sculpture in the United States.
Before she retired, Suzanne worked as a software development program manager at an automotive company in Detroit, where she still lives with her husband and standard poodle, AKC Grand Champion Rosebar "Time to Party, a.k.a. Jones." Of course, being such an accomplished poodle, he prefers "Mr. Jones." She continues daily journaling about her adventures in travel, horseriding, carriage driving, weight training, and poodles.
News
Reader's Favorite, 5-Star Top Award!
Reviewed by Kimberlee J Benart for Readers' Favorite
A Year Lost, A Life Gained: Fighting Breast Cancer with Wit, Humor, Friends and a Perky Poodle is an inspirational, entertaining, and informative personal memoir by Suzanne Dalton. I’ve known of women who died from or survived breast cancer, but I never knew the details of their treatment and rehabilitation or the extent and duration of their pain and recovery. Dalton describes her experiences in full detail and offers some very useful advice. While every breast cancer experience is unique, there are common issues worth sharing, and not just among women. This is a great book for men to read, as well as medical professionals, to better understand the patient’s point of view. Although her procedures took place in 2001, Dalton includes comments to address changes and current approaches.
Dalton’s honest, clean, and crisp writing style and her well-paced narrative make A Year Lost, A Life Gained a book that anyone can enjoy. You feel as though you are one of her email recipients at the time, and experience the unfolding process along with her. For those (like me) who can’t handle certain topics without getting queasy, Dalton issues “gross-out warnings” and tells you how far to skip down. The humor had me chuckling from start to finish. More than a few comedians could take a lesson from it. “Surviving cancer means to rejoice in being alive ... and still have a sense of humor,” Dalton writes. With the good fortune of an early diagnosis and the love and help of her husband, family, friends, medical professionals, and a very special poodle, she did just that.
Events
August 23, 2018, Thursday 5:30pm - Author Talk, Benzonia Public Library, Benzonia MI
July 18, 2018, Wednesday 7:00pm - Author Talk, Dearborn Henry Ford Centennial Library, Dearborn MI Dearborn Press & Guide Review
June 12, 2018, Tuesday 6:30pm - Book Club Author of the month, Pine Hill Garden Cafe, Kewadin MI
April 20, 2018, Friday 3:30-6:00pm - Book Launch and Fund Raiser, Granite City Grill at the Renaissance Center, Detroit MI
