{"product_id":"life-is-what-happens-while-you-make-other-plans-9781607857099","title":"Life Is What Happens While You Make Other Plans","description":"Jerry's zest for life and breadth of experiences, combined with an idiosyncratic sense of humor, have yielded this collection of entertaining, insightful, and heartwarming essays. \u003ci\u003eLife Is What Happens While You Make Other Plans\u003c\/i\u003e is a must-read for anyone interested in getting a glimpse of life through the spectacles of a modern-day Renaissance man. --DAVID LEE, MD, emergency department physician, Palomar Health \u003cbr\u003e Dr. Jerry Kolins--pathologist, hospital administrator, scuba diver, fine wine collector, Wolverine football fanatic, and bow tie aficionado--has now shown what he can do as a writer. \u003ci\u003eLife Is What Happens While You Make Other Plans\u003c\/i\u003e is a collection of essays that are poignant, funny, and sincere. --JOHN CANNON, retired, editor at the\u003ci\u003e San Diego Union-Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e for twenty-seven years; Pulitzer Prize nominee; and graduate of Loyola University Chicago \u003cbr\u003e Jerry couldn't make it physically through one day of football practice, but his passion and obsession with Michigan football are truly sincere to those of us who played the game. --BRAYLON EDWARDS, Fred Biletnikoff Award winner (2004), NFL Pro Bowl (2007), and author of \u003ci\u003eDoing It My Way: My Outspoken Life as a Michigan Wolverine, NFL Receiver, and Beyond\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Jerry's vibrant personality comes across through his engaging prose, the relatively concise themed segments, and his ability and willingness to tackle a wide range of topics, even extremely painful and personal ones, head-on. That's rather brave of him, and it adds significantly to the authenticity of his voice. --DIARMAID Ó FOIGHIL, professor and curator, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJERRY KOLINS was born and raised in New York City. He graduated from Jamaica High School and went on to get his bachelor of science in zoology from the University of Michigan and his MD from Wayne State University School of Medicine. His postgraduate work at the Massachusetts General Hospital and the National Institutes of Health provided him the medical foundation for a career in laboratory medicine. Dr. Kolins is currently the medical director of laboratories at Palomar Health in North San Diego County. He lives with his wife, Dale, in La Jolla, California.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Maize Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50382343504146,"sku":"9781607857099","price":43.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_28a4e8d8-fd44-4e5c-be63-194cd88242cf.jpg?v=1728709691","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/life-is-what-happens-while-you-make-other-plans-9781607857099","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}