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2. No Match For Her

4. Description What would you do if your child were diagnosed with a life-threatening illness? When his 12-year-old daughter Lilli was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia two weeks before Christmas, Travis Hicks was in the worst shape of his life. Overweight and overworked, Hicks watched his daughter Lilli fight for her life against an aggressive blood cancer. Inspired by his daughter&#8217sstrength, Travis took up yoga and walking while giving up sweet tea, a blasphemous adjustment for this Southerner. After wondering, &#8220Wht&#8217sthe worst that could happen if I were to start running?&#8221Hicks ultimately became a long distance runner, shed over 40 pounds, and restored his health in time to help his daughter through the fight of her life. Read this father&#8217sstory of life, health, family, and faith to understand the impact of pediatric cancer on a family and their community.AWARDSIndependent Press Award WINNERIndieReader Discovery Awards WINNERindieBRAG B.R.A.G. Medallion HonoreeNext Generation Indie Book Awards FINALISTNational Indie Excellence Awards FINALISTInternational Book Awards FINALISTEditorial Reviews&quotItis impossible to know, unless you have gone through something like this yourself, how terrifying it is to have your child diagnosed with cancer and Hicks conveys his range of emotions with mastery. The reader is right there with him at every moment, feeling the fear, love, and confusion he is going through. The chapters in the book are short, well-written and intense and flashes of Hicks&#8217inner thoughts and emotions are interspersed with the narrative, enabling readers to relate to how he&#8217sfeeling every moment. At the end of parts one and two, there is a small album of family photographs, which makes the reader&#8217srelationships with Lilli and her family more even personal and towards the end of part one, Hicks commits to his own health and takes up running. In part two, Lilli&#8217schapters are alternated with Hicks&#8217running regime and his achievements, which coincide with Lilli&#8217smilestones. Readers will need a box of tissues for this heart-warming story of how a family, their friends, church, and community all pulled together to help 12-year-old Lilli Hicks fight leukemia in NO MATCH FOR HER, a great read&#8211no just covering the medical aspects of the journey, but also the emotional ones.&quot -Corinna Underwood for IndieReader &quotWhaHicks has written is a matter-of-fact account of what happened to Lilli and how the family as a whole &#8212and he in particular &#8212dealt with many daunting challenges. Hicks writes about Lilli&#8217sleukemia, her extended stays at Brenner Children&#8217sHospital in Winston-Salem and later Duke Hospital in Durham, her encouraging developments and her devastating setbacks. He includes esoteric medical terms, but the reader comes to understand them as Hicks does. He recounts not only what Lilli goes through, but also how he and his wife do what it takes to have one parent with her without neglecting the rest of the family or sacrificing careers. He describes how he and LouAnne, recognizing Lilli&#8217smaturity, make sure she understands what&#8217shappening and helps make decisions. From time to time, he gives us insights into his thoughts and emotions, but never in an overly dramatic or complaining way....As

5. the book progresses, a second theme develops in the story of Hicks&#8217campaign to lose weight and become fit so that he&#8217llbe around to take care of his family. Inspired by Lilli&#8217sdetermination, he changes his diet and begins to run, then to compete in distance races...&#8220NoMatch for Her&#8221becomes a story of community, too, one that Greensboro residents can take pride in, a story of how Lilli&#8217sschool, the family&#8217schurch, friends, local businesses and others all pitched in to help and support Lilli and her family.&quot-Linda Brinson, News &ampRecord

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