“When Hope Overcame the Impossible” by Thomas M. Walsh will be featured in Spring 2022

Thomas M. Walsh, author of “When Hope Overcame the Impossible” (Total Publishing and Media LLC, 2021) Book Signing Event will take place in April 24, 2022 (1:30 PM – 2:30 PM PST) at the LA Times Festival of Books in Spring 2022. This book tells the story of a thirteen-year-old boy who refused a death sentence of brain cancer. The story begins with protagonist, Isaac Walsh who was diagnosed with a malignant softball size brain tumor and given a slim chance of survival. An inspiring story about the journey of a young boy who bravely faces and overcomes death.
 
Facing an uncertain future, Isaac’s parents joined a clinical trial at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee. Where he faced death three times, underwent twenty-one surgeries, endured four experimental rounds of chemotherapy and thirty-one treatments of radiation, to his entire brain and spine. But even if it was a painstakingly long treatment for him to recover, Isaac had the courage to overcome the obstacles and the carnage of cancer which served as an inspiration to all who knew him.
 
Isaac’s treatment involved cutting-edge research-based medicine, combined with the love and compassion of the St. Jude family of healthcare professionals. He recovered miraculously thanks to them, and because of the miracle that has both inspired and warmed their hearts, Isaac’s parents were not asked to pay the $3 million hospital bill.
 
“When Hope Overcame the Impossible” is an inspirational book that tells the story of Isaac, who represents a time when hope overcame the impossible. It’s a wonderful story about hope and faith with heartwarming attributes about how childhood cancer affects not just a family, but a community. Where the author vividly writes about the process of emotions and ups and downs, that makes readers feel like they are right there walking with the Walsh family.
 
According to Ryan, Amazon Reviewer, he loved the book that it felt like it was “… gut wrenching, inspirational and intriguing.” The book teaches them that, like Isaac, “…he had to learn another hard lesson that picking up the pieces of a broken life is almost as difficult as the treatment itself,” Thompson of the Sapulpa Times stated.
 
A remarkable and inspiring book with “5-Star Reviews” from Amazon Readers, including Verified Purchasers, that has readers swooning for its family drama, heart wrenching scenes, and story plot. Interested? Learn more about “When Hope Overcame the Impossible” by Thomas Walsh available on Amazon, and come visit the upcoming LA Times Festival of Books in Spring 2022!
 
When Hope Overcame the Impossible
Author | Thomas M. Walsh
Genre | Biography
Publisher | Total Publishing and Media LLC
Published date | March 1, 2021
 
Author Bio

Tom Walsh, author of the new release “When Hope Overcame the Impossible” grew up in north central Kansas in a small farming community named Concordia. He was the oldest of seven boys and one year younger than his sister Margie. At age fifteen, Tom’s parents moved their large family of eight kids to Denver, Colorado in search of more opportunities for their children. Upon graduating from high school, Tom attended college in Tulsa, Oklahoma where he met his wife Dacia. Deciding to plant their roots in the western suburbs of Tulsa, Tom began his career teaching Spanish to junior high school age students. It would be only six years later when he made the transition to elementary school principal where he would spend the remainder of his thirty-year career.
 
Tom retired after three decades in public education in the year 2020. It was also the time our country was thrust into the COVID-19 pandemic. Although his immediate retirement plans were delayed, Tom began the process of writing his oldest son Isaac’s health story in an effort to spread awareness of pediatric cancer.
 
Currently, Tom frequently volunteers at El Shalom Children’s Orphanage and Brenner School in Santiago Texacuangos, El Salvador. Relishing the opportunity to return to the classroom, Tom reconnects with his past by being a volunteer teacher to those less fortunate than him. He plans twice annual trips to see the orphan children who have referred to him as their “padrino.” (Spanish for godfather)
 
Tom is an accomplished speaker who has spoken at numerous fundraising events including the St. Jude 2012 Fortune 500 CEO Summit in New York City and the St. Jude Board of Directors Meeting. During his time at St. Jude, he gave numerous interviews to various media outlets and allowed his son’s story to be used in marketing materials for fundraising purposes. In addition, Tom has spoken at several educations related symposiums and retreats during his long tenure as a school leader.
 
Currently, Tom and his wife Dacia reside in Sapulpa, Oklahoma. Dacia, having retired from public education in 2018, now works as a relationship banker at a local bank. Tom is currently pursuing his dream to bring hope to the brokenhearted and healing to those whose lives have been upended by the permanent scars of pediatric cancer. For Tom, there is no greater honor than saving the life of a child. In a small way, Tom hopes by sharing his family’s struggle it will further the research to find a cure for this horrible disease.
 

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