Cancer stories, as we’ve long told them, tend to follow one of two arcs: diagnosis, then a brave fight against the disease resulting either in survival or death. But journalist Jonathan Gluck’s story has been different. When he was 38, with a wife and 7-month-old at home, Gluck learned he had multiple myeloma, a cancer of the plasma cells that causes damage to bones, kidneys, and the immune system. It’s an uncommon form of cancer with an estimated seven people out of 100,000 diagnosed each year. Those who are diagnosed tend to be older; less than one percent of new cases occur in people younger than 65. Multiple Myeloma is incurable, and initially, Gluck was told he would likely live another 18 months to three years. But that was more than 20 years ago.

In his forthcoming memoir, An

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