A Memoir
The Only Way Out
Is Through It
by Kristi Wielenberg
The Only Way Out Is Through It — a memoir that doesn't look like the brochure. Just the raw truth of what it's like to go through this journey and what it's like on the other side.
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Synopsis
The story nobody
wants to tell.
At twenty‑eight, hearing the words "You have breast cancer" shatters everything you thought your life would be. Overnight, I went from chasing toddlers and building a marriage to fighting for my future… and theirs.
The Only Way Out Is Through It pulls you into the raw, unfiltered reality of my journey: the moment I found a lump by accident, the whirlwind of tests, the treatments that changed my body, and the surgeries that forced me to confront who I was when everything familiar fell away. Through photos taken along the way, I show the parts of cancer most people never talk about; the fear, the strain on intimacy, and the quiet unraveling of identity.
But this isn't just a story about surviving cancer. It's about what breaks us, what rebuilds us, and the unexpected grace that meets us in the dark. Three years after my diagnosis, when the world thought I should be "back to normal," I found myself saying yes to God, and realizing His timing had been perfect all along.
If you've ever faced a season you didn't choose, this memoir is a reminder that the only way through the hardest moments of life is straight into them — and that on the other side, something stronger, braver, and more faithful is waiting.
Including full color photos from along the way and chapters from other perspectives, this memoir offers an honest, intimate look at what cancer really costs.
"I didn't want to write a book about cancer, I just wanted to write the book that I needed when I was diagnosed."
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