When Barbara Adhiya first learned that Terry Fox had run the length of a marathon a day during his journey across Canada, she was shocked.
Barbara Adhiya, poses for a photo with her latest book titled,"Hope by Terry Fox" in Toronto on Sept. 13. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paige Taylor White
The editor and writer’s new book, “Hope by Terry Fox,” published this month by ECW Press and Burman Books, explores who Fox was beyond what he called his Marathon of Hope through interviews, journal excerpts, letters and photos. In her attempt to explore Fox’s journey and his background, Adhiya – a former editor at The Canadian Press, Associated Press and Reuters – conducted more than 50 interviews with people from throughout Fox’s life over the course of several months.
One revelation from Fox’s sister Judith, for example, was that during his 16 months of chemotherapy at 18 years old, Fox refused to allow anyone to accompany him to the treatments, Adhiya said. He didn’t want his pain to affect his family, she said. “This gives you that deeper, intimate look into his own inner dynamic of who he was, of how he wished to share, how open he was,” Adhiya said.
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