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Summary

Carrying the Tiger delivers a gut-wrenching tale of love and loss, while also inspiring others.

5-STAR REVIEW: CARRYING THE TIGER by Tony Stewart

The Description

Publication Date: April 29, 2025

An inspiring story of love, loss and recovery

In the spirit of Joan Didion’s The Year of Magical Thinking and Paul Kalanithi’s When Breath Becomes Air comes Carrying the Tiger, a life affirming memoir about the full circle of life and death.

When Tony Stewart’s wife, Lynn, receives a sudden and devastating diagnosis, they scramble to find effective treatment, navigate life threatening setbacks, learn to live fully in the shadow of death, and share the intimate grace of her departure from this world. Then Tony slowly climbs out of shattering grief and, surprisingly, eases toward new love.

There is uncertainty, fear, and sorrow, but also tenderness and joy, along with a renewed perspective on what it means to live and love with one’s whole heart.

The Review

For many people, grief is an isolating emotion. It is something that is often navigated blindly.

However, Tony Stewart shares his memoir, Carrying the Tiger, which details the loss of his wife. Though marked with sadness, it also serves as a testament of healing.

Using entries originally posted in an online journal open to friends and family, he recounts Lynn’s cancer diagnosis and subsequent treatment. First diagnosed in 2014, Lynn fought back until an aggressive resurgence in 2020.

Through it all, Tony uses a first-person perspective, coupled with the journal entries and responses to those posts from friends. It is painful to read about Lynn’s decline since I witnessed a loved one die from cancer, but there are poignant truths embedded within the pain.

It’s also encouraging to learn about his path through grief toward a second chance at happiness. Lynn’s legacy continues to live through the memories of those who knew her.

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About The AuthorTony Stewart has made award-winning films for colleges and universities, written software that received rave reviews in The New York Times and the New York Daily News, designed a grants-management application that was used by three of the five largest charities in the world, and led the development of an international standard for the messages involved in buying and selling advertisements, for which he spoke at conferences across Europe and North America. Tony and his late wife Lynn Kotula, a painter, traveled extensively in India and Southeast Asia, staying in small hotels off the beaten track and eating delicious food with their fingers when cutlery wasn’t available. Carrying the Tiger is his first published book.

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Amy Wilson
Amy Wilson
My name is Amy W., and I am a book addict. I will never forget the day I came home from junior high school to find my mom waiting for me with one of the Harlequin novels from my stash. As she was gearing up for the "you shouldn't be reading this" lecture, I told her the characters get married in the end. I'm just glad she didn't find the Bertrice Small book hidden in my closet. I have diverse reading tastes, evident by the wide array of genres on my Kindle. As I made the transition to an e-reader, I found myself worrying that something could happen to it. As a result, I am now the proud owner of four Kindles -- all different kinds, but plenty of back-ups! "Fifty Shades of Grey" gets high marks on my favorites list -- not for character development or dialogue (definitely not!), but because it blazed new ground for those of us who believe provocative fiction is more than just an explicit cover. Sylvia Day, Lexie Blake, and Kristin Hannah are some of my favorite authors. Speaking of diverse tastes, I also enjoy Dean Koontz, Iris Johansen, and J.A. Konrath. I’m always ready to discover new-to-me authors, especially when I toss in a palate cleanser that is much different than what I would normally read. Give me something with a well-defined storyline, add some suspense (or spice), and I am a happy reader. Give me a happily ever after, and I am downright giddy.

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Carrying the Tiger delivers a gut-wrenching tale of love and loss, while also inspiring others.5-STAR REVIEW: CARRYING THE TIGER by Tony Stewart