The Chase for Beauty

I used to be somewhat of a neighborhood cult figure, thanks to Brandy, my English springer spaniel.
When Brandy became a part of my life in the early ’80s, he was a mere seven weeks old. My wife, Deb, and I broke just about every rule training him, beginning the very first day we brought […]

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Dennis and Linda Hurwitz speak about starting a new family and the decision to adopt:

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Taken from part of our Read & Watch section, this video corresponds with page 129 of the book.

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“We’re just one story, but we hope that our story and revealing details and intimate aspects of our story will make others committed to making their lives work on a personal and professional level.”

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“She gave me a hug; nothing special, but it was nice. We said goodnight and went to sleep.”

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… The one thing I feel definite traces of is my bold, sort of romanticist ideals. The funny thing is, a lot of people equate romantics with lost idealists, and really that is not it at all.
Romantics are realists who grasp opportunities, take a couple risks … go a little beyond what’s secure and safe […]

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In chronicling Dr. Hurwitz’s life, what I think makes The Chase for Beauty so compelling is the doctor’s belief that the world has beauty even when his life was surrounded by only ugliness. His personal and professional chase for beauty is courageous.
Readers won’t find something like: 5 Steps to Happiness.
Dr. Hurwitz has said […]

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As an author, I am very selective about moving forward with book proposals. Writing a book for me isn’t a 9-to-5 job. It’s more like watching a motion picture that lasts for at least a year, sometimes two or three. The story becomes a part of my life. To make that kind of commitment it […]

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5 Things I Find Beautiful
1. I find beauty in Dr. Hurwitz, through his Total Body Lift procedure, giving his patients a chance to live a normal life, as this patient testimonial confirms:
Formerly obese, I faced the common problem of massive extra sheets of hanging skin after losing the weight—was there a way to fix […]

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Turn the interview into a conversation

For writers to tell a compelling, accurate, pertinent story, they must first conduct compelling, accurate, pertinent interviews. (Without the contents to work with, the best writers in the world can’t create a masterful work of nonfiction.)
In telling the story of Dr. Dennis Hurwitz, a man who lost his only […]

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