Just Three Words demonstrates Karen Newman’s spirit and resiliency through stories that will make readers laugh and cry. Karen’s testimony provides hope to those who are looking for a true beacon of light to get through the dark times.
~ Tim Yount: Chief Operating Officer, USA Triathlon
(New York, NY) Just Three Words. Athlete, Mother, Survivor: How One Brave Woman—Against All Odds—Wins the Race of Her Life (Beaufort Books, March 2016) is Karen Newman’s gripping, intimate and contagiously inspiring story of overcoming unspeakable hardships. Told with grace and humor, Karen weaves the agonies of anorexia, bulimia and cancer with the thrill of young love, exhilarating wins on the racecourse, and the miracle of victory over disease.
Brimming with the wisdom forged only in the valleys of despair and the highest mountaintop moments, Just Three Words captures the indomitable spirit of one brave woman who—against all odds—triumphs and finds the purpose in it all.
Karen inspired thousands and drew over 25,000 visitors to her CaringBridge.com blog as she continued training and competing in triathlons throughout her grueling cancer treatments, and was featured on the NBC Today show twice because of her extraordinary life and rousing message of hope.
Just Three Words reveals the incredible power words have—to shatter or empower us—and the magnificent potential that love has to heal.