Award winning author, Lenor Madruga Chappell, continues to move readers with her latest book, The Next Leg of My Journey. Her first book, One Step At A Time, (McGraw Hill) a poignant autobiography of her struggle to walk again after losing her leg to cancer, was translated into six languages and embraced as the inspirational book of the 1980's. In its fourth printing, it’s still captivating readers with its message of faith and hope.
In The Next Leg of My Journey, a sequel, Lenor engages the reader with the intimate and heart wrenching details of the painful demise of her marriage, admitting that “losing her husband was worse than losing her leg.†Committed to enjoying life, no matter what it brings, this remarkable story of learning to love again is uplifting and achingly honest. If the first story is a victorious struggle to overcome cancer, then the second book focuses on the obstacles this unique woman faced trying to overcome the challenges of life alone. Forty years old, single and an amputee, fighting to rebuild her life and to secure her daughters’ futures as well as her own, this is a story of unbelievable willpower and human triumph.