My Life, Deleted: A Memoir

by Scott Bolzan, Joan Bolzan, Caitlin Rother

Overview

A husband, father, and former NFL player recounts how he rebuilt his life after a freak accident left him with amnesia in this inspiring medical memoir.

Scott Bolzan was forty-six when he was diagnosed with an acute case of retrograde amnesia. A successful executive and former offensive lineman for the Cleveland Browns, Scott suddenly had no access to the memories that made up his life, or the knowledge that enabled him to do his job. When he woke up in the hospital, he didn’t know who he was, or even recognize his wife and children.

Co-written with his wife Joan Bolzan, this riveting account details Scott’s courageous fight to build a new life. With candid honesty, he takes readers along on his journey, from falling in love with his wife again to reconnecting with his kids and even re-learning how to navigate the fast pace and technology of the twenty-first century. My Life, Deleted is a remarkable story of a tragic medical mystery and the power of perseverance.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780062098313
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	11/21/2023
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	309
Sales rank:	237,969
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Scott and Joan Bolzan married in 1984 and have two grown children. The Bolzans have become sought-after motivational speakers, sharing their story and life lessons with audiences nationwide.

Caitlin Rother has authored or co-authored seven books, including Dead Reckoning, Where Hope Begins, and Poisoned Love. She lives in San Diego, California.

Scott and Joan Bolzan married in 1984 and have two grown children. Scott is a former NFL football player and pilot, and he is currently the founder and CEO of Legendary Jets in Tempe, Arizona. Joan is a registered nurse and marketing executive. Since Scott’s traumatic brain injury in 2008, the Bolzans have become sought-after motivational speakers, sharing their story and life lessons with audiences nationwide.

Caitlin Rother has authored or co-authored seven books, including Dead Reckoning, Where Hope Begins, and Poisoned Love. She lives in San Diego, California.

Scott and Joan Bolzan married in 1984 and have two grown children. The Bolzans have become sought-after motivational speakers, sharing their story and life lessons with audiences nationwide.

Caitlin Rother has authored or co-authored seven books, including Dead Reckoning, Where Hope Begins, and Poisoned Love. She lives in San Diego, California.

Editorial Reviews

Bolzan, who briefly played with the Cleveland Browns, tries to make sense of his life when, after an accidental slip, he suffered memory loss. His fluke brain injury meant that everything he knew about his previous 46 years was wiped clean, and he was left with unbearable headaches, a family he didn't know, a job he couldn't do, and more questions than a toddler. Writing with the help of his wife, Joan, and journalist-novelist Rother, this memoir perfectly captures Bolzan's desperation and confusion. Even as the writers do a good job keeping up the suspense as to whether Bolzan's memory will ever come back, the up-and-down relationship between husband and wife, who must find out if they can fall in love all over again while also trying to figure out how to pay the bills and handle their son's heroin addiction, is the emotional glue that holds this work together. What the book lacks is Joan's perspective on what it's like to be with a man who didn't remember marrying her. (Oct.)

Publishers Weekly