The World Spins By with Jerry Kopack

Sometimes the hardest, most devastating moments in your life can turn into the most beautiful stories of discovery. Join us for a discussion with author Jerry Kopack as he shares his powerful and intimate memoir, The World Spins By.

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About the Book:

In three months, Jerry thought he lost everything-his meaningful career, the woman he was supposed to grow old with, and a close friend to a terminal illness-but he soon realized that he was given a gift.

Jerry had worked in corporate America for 10 soulless years, following a laminated road map to happiness handed to him at graduation from business school. Then he founded a hospice with his mother. Serving patients at the end of life, Jerry learned his greatest lesson, one not found in any textbook or cubicle-the value of time.

The World Spins By is an intimate journey of loss, curiosity, and love-recounted one pedal stroke at a time along Jerry's two-year bicycle journey back to himself. Over mountains in Tibet, across deserts in Israel, and even a clinic to treat worms in India, Jerry discovered that although you may have a map, real life is unscripted. It goes beyond the borders and occurs at the intersection of fear and control. Throughout the book he shares tales of comical and harrowing adventures on the road and lessons learned from his hospice career, while continually pondering the question, am I using my time well?

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About the Author:

Jerry Kopack is a wanderer, question asker, and recovering cubicle dweller. With a degree in finance from the University of Colorado Boulder, he did his time in corporate America before founding a hospice, where he learned firsthand how precious time really is. His debut memoir, The World Spins By, chronicles his mid-Michigan upbringing, professional career, and the two-year bicycle journey that forever changed his perspective on life. To date, Jerry has pedaled through 21 countries (and counting). Having grown up just down the road in Eaton Rapids, this event is something of a homecoming. Learn more at jerrykopack.com or follow his adventures on Instagram @jerrykopack.