Rory Feek's 'This Life I Live: One Man's Extraordinary, Ordinary Life and the Woman Who Changed It Forever', Set for Release, 2/14

NASHVILLE, Tenn., July 21, 2016 /PRNewswire/ THIS LIFE I LIVE: ONE MAN'S EXTRAORDINARY, ORDINARY LIFE AND THE WOMAN WHO CHANGED IT FOREVER (ISBN# 9780718090197, hardcover, thislifeilivebook.com) the first book from songwriter, performer, filmmaker and blogger Rory Feek will be released on February 14, 2017, through the W Publishing Group, an imprint of Thomas Nelson.

Rory shared the news earlier today with readers of his blog thislifeilive.com: "Over the last six months or so, I have been asked many times (and encouraged many more times) to write a book. To turn the stories in this blog I write into a book of some sort. I have never really responded to any of the questions before, but the truth is I am writing a book. It is almost finished actually. But it isn't filled with blogs that I have written about my wife's last few months or the posts I wrote about our life for the two years before that, it is a book that covers a life time. Mine.

"I put my fingers on the keys and I started at the beginning. My beginning. And just like I have with every blog post or songI write I just let the story unfold. It is a book about a man so lost, it's a miracle that he was everfound. About doing unforgivable things, and still being forgiven. AboutGod and the girl He used to change me and everyone around me forever."

Fans initially got to know Rory Feek and his wife Joey as critically acclaimed country music duo Joey+Rory. Yet it was through Rory's blog that a global audience followed the extraordinary path their lives took. As Rory said in his new blogpost: "When I launched this blog back at the beginning of 2014, I thought I was going to be writing about Joey and I simplifying our lives. About the joy of having and raising a new baby together. About getting rooted deeper in the land we lived on. And I did write about those things. But a few months into the blog, the story took a turn and my wife was diagnosed with cancer. And then the story turned again. And again. And again."

"There are certain people and certain stories that seem to transcend the normal onslaught of information that we all experience on a daily basis. And there is absolutely something very special about Rory Feek," said Matt Baugher, Senior Vice President of Thomas Nelson and Publisher of W Publishing Group."The incredible love story with his wife Joey is just one part of this man's tale and it is a journey that will both amaze and inspire you. It is quite frankly one of the finest books that we will release in the coming year and I look forward to millions of people discovering it. It is not to be missed."

Fathom Events and Provident Films will present To Joey, With Love: A Story of Life, Love & Hope That Never Dies, a full-length documentary, as a special one-night event in cinemas nationwide on Tuesday, September 20 (tojoeywithlove.com). The film draws on the vast footage Rory shot of their life together, beginning just before the birth of their daughter, Indiana, in February of 2014 and running through last spring, after the couple received the news that there was nothing more doctors could do.

Thomas Nelson, a division of HarperCollins, is a world-leading provider of inspirational content and has been providing readers with quality life-changing product for more than 200 years. The publishing group provides multiple formats of award-winning Bibles, books, gift books, cookbooks, curriculum and digital content, with distribution of its products in more than 100 countries. Thomas Nelson is headquartered in Nashville, TN.

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