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"""This book is a warm and neighborly invitation to join Bruce McIntyre on the weathered teak bench under the giant oak in his yard and be spellbound by the dual stories he spins-how he sold his successful business at the same time he was enduring debilitating cancer treatments. There Are No Answers Here, Only Questions is beautifully crafted, wise, humorous, touching, and inspiring. Perhaps one of the most heartening questions in the book: ""Is it strength that gives hope, or hope that gives strength?"" McIntyre rewards the reader with a generous helping of both.-Judy Goldman, author of Child: A Memoir There Are No Answers Here-Only Questions, is the true story of two life-altering events and the personal transformation that resulted from their unlikely collision. It's the story of an owner preparing to sell his business and retire just as he is diagnosed with cancer. Faced with the choice of continuing with the sale and waiting to deal with cancer or putting the deal-making on hold while treating cancer, our business owner decides to take on both at the same time. Is this possible? Perhaps, but only if he allows others to step in while he steps back, and that's never easy when you're the boss. Once free, our now-retired owner rearranges the paradigms of his life to help the homeless find jobs and travels to a marginalized village in Central America, joining others in creating the holistic community only its people could envision. There Are No Answers Here, Only Questions is a story of transformation and the never-ending promise of hope."

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Praise for There Are No Answers Here, Only Questions This book is a warm and neighborly invitation to join Bruce McIntyre on the weathered teak bench under the giant oak in his yard and be spellbound by the dual stories he spins-how he sold his successful business at the same time he was enduring debilitating cancer treatments. There Are No Answers Here, Only Questions is beautifully crafted, wise, humorous, touching, and inspiring. Perhaps one of the most heartening questions in the book: Is it strength that gives hope, or hope that gives strength? McIntyre rewards the reader with a generous helping of both.-Judy Goldman, author of Child: A Memoir In this honest and authentic memoir, Bruce McIntyre, true to the title of the book, makes no pretense at providing pat answers. This is not a how-to book. It is something much more-the story of a real-life journey of a corporate nomad turned business owner who learns hard lessons in hard situations. A compelling, well-crafted account, written by a good man. I wholeheartedly recommend it. -Frye Gaillard, coauthor of The Southernization of America: A Story of Democracy in the Balance with Cynthia Tucker Bruce McIntyre had two life-altering issues to confront at the same time. His meticulous account of how he worked through them both is a useful and compelling guide for anyone with a big decision to make. --Tommy Tomlinson, author of The Elephant in the Room and host of the podcast SouthBound Building a business in twentieth-century Charlotte . . . tackling a tough battle with cancer . . . helping launch the JobWorks initiative for homeless neighbors . . . crafting a new type of community-focused development program with Habitat for Humanity-Bruce McIntyre's highly readable memoir offers a window into the history of Charlotte in our own time. -Tom Hanchett, author of Sorting Out the New South City: Race, Class & Urban Development in Charlotte When a life-threatening diagnosis and the end of his life's work hurtled toward him on a high-speed collision course, Bruce McIntyre found himself trapped in the dark four corners of pain, fear, discomfort, and self-doubt. Then, like all good memoirists, he emerged to remind us that the feelings about life's questions are explored best through self-reflection, self-discovery, and self-understanding. Bruce uses his lessons learned to do good for others, allowing us to imagine our call to existence and purpose, as what we do with the rest of our lives is up to us. -Landis Wade, author of Deadly Declarations and founder of Charlotte Readers Podcast Writing with honesty and humility, Bruce McIntyre pulls us into his world where unexpected events create transformational consequences. McIntyre skillfully portrays a personal story that will have readers reflecting on how his life lessons resonate with their own lives. He has given the reader a wonderful gift. -Mark de Castrique, author of Secret Lives

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"Charles Bruce McIntyre, or ""Bruce"" to anyone who knows him, is a retired business owner and cancer survivor. He was born in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1941 and often moved while growing up. After spending seventeen years in corporate America, Bruce founded and managed a foodservice sales and marketing agency for thirty years. There Are No Answers Here, Only Questions is his first published work. In his writing, Bruce shows his ability to successfully move from transmitting boring business memos to the art of telling a good story. Bruce and his wife Joyce have been married since 1967 and have two grown children and four grandchildren. The couple share their retirement cottage with their gregarious golden retriever and shy indoor cat. All call Charlotte, North Carolina, home."

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