Most men don’t know how to talk about what scares them. Not because they’re weak, but because they’ve been trained to push through, man up, and pretend nothing hurts. That works—until it doesn’t. Until a doctor clears his throat, looks at a chart, and hands you a sentence that rewires the rest of your life.

David e Temple never expected a two-minute phone call to redraw his entire map. One day he was writing thrillers, interviewing bestselling authors, making films, building what was next. Next, he was staring down prostate cancer with no script, no swagger, and no playbook for what a man is supposed to do when his body declares war.

Life in Two Columns: Shit That Matters. And Everything Else is what happens when masculinity meets mortality. It’s a blunt, unvarnished look at fear, marriage, aging, ego, shame, desire, faith, strength—and the uncomfortable truth that men avoid the conversations that could save them. It’s not a pep talk or a survival manual.

It’s a reckoning written by a man who finally stopped lying to himself—and wants you to stop pretending you’re unbreakable long enough to pay attention to what actually matters.

If you’re a man who thinks you’re fine, a woman who loves a man who won’t open up, or someone who’s been blindsided by life’s left hook, this isn’t a cancer book as much as it’s a wake-up call.

If you want the honesty that leaves a mark, you’ll find it here—and it just might change the way you carry the rest of your days.