Changing Normal

Actress Henner's (Wear Your Life Well) thoroughly entertaining mix of autobiography and self-help book, cowritten with Brown, her husband, engages readers from the first page. After a series of failed relationships, Henner and Brown picked up their relationship several decades after they first met as students at the University of Chicago while Brown was dating a friend of Henner's. A few months later, Brown was diagnosed with bladder cancer, and then with lung cancer%E2%80%94but after all of those years, Henner wasn't about to lose the love of her life. Having seen the light about healthy living in the late 1970s, Henner began by weaning Brown off of his unhealthy lifestyle. The couple went on to choose a course of treatment for him that emphasized immunotherapy, and ended with his cancers in remission. Henner and Brown don't hold back about the mistakes they've each made along the way, choosing instead to embrace them as learning experiences. Their frank, engaging style offers hope to others with similar diagnoses, along with a behind-the-scenes look at a beloved actress. Agent: Mel Berger, William Morris Endeavor. (Apr.)