Lisa F Crites, an Amazon Best Selling Author, has secured the #1 spot in New Releases for Spiritual Biography, Health & Spirituality and Cancer with Beautifully Unbroken
Writer: Lisa F Crites and Beautifully Unbroken Receive Literary Achievement Recognition
An innovator who developed a patented garment after using a trash bag to shower has released a book about the true cost of reinvention, perfectly timed for Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Beautifully Unbroken was penned by me for the identical motivation behind The SHOWER SHIRT, which was to assist others”— Lisa F CritesORLANDO, FL, UNITED STATES, October 5, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — Health journalist and patent-holding inventor, Lisa F Crites, PhD (hc), has launched her acclaimed, deeply intimate, faith-centered autobiography, Beautifully Unbroken: A Life-Changing Invention Born of Loss, Cancer, Courage, and Faith. The work swiftly attained AMAZON BEST SELLER recognition among New Releases, climbing to #1 across several health categories such as Cancer, Spiritual Biography, and Health and Spirituality. The memoir delivers a close-up view of a path marked by deep loss, a dangerous illness, and the resolute commitment to reconstruct a meaningful existence through creativity.
Having previously earned an International Impact Distinguished Author Award, Beautifully Unbroken starts in a situation many would find overwhelming. The unexpected death of her mother, quickly followed by a breast cancer diagnosis, left her in circumstances defined by instability and emotional turmoil. Although medical care handled the physical side of her disease, the deeper recovery occurred in less apparent ways. It was during this often-ignored medical gap, following operations and throughout convalescence, that her outlook on life started to transform.
What distinguishes this memoir is not solely its emotional resonance but also its tangible result. While recuperating, Crites spotted a rarely addressed void in patient care. Routine actions like bathing postsurgery became moments of pain and indignity. Rather than resigning herself to these constraints, she posed a query that ultimately redirected her future. Why must I be forced to shower in a plastic trash bag for safety? Why should healing demand sacrificing one’s dignity?
That inquiry gave rise to The Shower Shirt™, a patented (U.S. Patent No. 8,516,613), water-repellent medical garment crafted to allow patients to shield surgical areas while preserving comfort and safety throughout healing. What originated as a personal fix has since expanded into a broadly acknowledged patented creation, aiding patients globally. The item serves as proof that personal experience can drive significant progress when combined with resolve, prayer, faith, and understanding.
Within Beautifully Unbroken, Crites ties this creation to a wider theme of purpose. She doesn’t frame herself as merely someone who endured hardship, but as an individual who let those moments carve a fresh course. Her path illustrates a shift from surviving to serving, where personal struggles become the groundwork for aiding others. She highlights the importance of faith in her experience, calling it a dependable anchor during uncertain periods and a quiet force that carried her through every phase of healing and transformation.
Beautifully Unbroken is poised to strike a chord with cancer survivors, caretakers, medical professionals, business founders, creators, and anyone enduring their own hardships. It provides comfort that recovery doesn’t adhere to a strict schedule and shows how everyday struggles can spark practical answers that enhance others’ lives.
For those confronting illness, it brings reassurance that healing isn’t dictated by deadlines or expectations. For inventors and business minds, it illustrates how real-world issues can fuel practical creativity and solutions. For the broader audience, it presents a thoughtful look at resilience, optimism, conviction, and human flexibility.
Beautifully Unbroken is more than a decorated memoir. It’s a meditation on advancing when life refuses to return to its prior form. The writer offers a viewpoint shaped by experience, one that acknowledges being fractured isn’t the conclusion of a narrative, but rather the start of something fresh.
As one reader put it. “This is not just a book about breast cancer. This is a book about a patient who chose to invent a product for the betterment of future breast cancer patients. It is about a woman who walked into the most powerful rooms in the country to fight for breast cancer patients. This book is for every mother, sister, or daughter who may eventually be diagnosed with this horrible disease.” — LJK
Crites has established a charitable framework for Beautifully Unbroken, with earnings from each copy sold going to breast cancer support groups and nonprofits that aid breast cancer patients.
About Lisa F. Crites
Lisa F. Crites is a decorated inventor and entrepreneur recognized for developing The SHOWER SHIRT®, the first and sole patented (U.S. Patent No. 8,516,613) water-resistant garment meant to shield chest surgery patients while bathing. Created following her own breast cancer diagnosis and double mastectomy, her innovation was acknowledged for both its design and application. In 2015, she earned the title of winner in the InnovateHER Challenge, a national program honoring innovation that enhances women’s lives. Lisa’s contributions have been extensively highlighted across major media platforms, such as Forbes, The Huffington Post, Reader’s Digest, FOX News, CBS, NBC, CNN, and Lifetime Television’s The Balancing Act, where she has addressed her invention and the proposed “Post Mastectomy Infection Reduction Act,” championed by the late U.S. Congressman Bill Posey (R-FL) and Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL).
A seasoned health and medical broadcast journalist, print columnist, corporate healthcare advisor, media planner, public speaker, and entrepreneur, Lisa brings over three decades of expertise in health and medical reporting, corporate communications, news crisis management, and promotional strategy. Her television career started as the inaugural health and medical news anchor and reporter for Central Florida News 13 in Orlando. Her broadcasting history also includes stints with PBS, America’s Health Network (now Discovery Health), reporting for Success Central Florida on WCPX-TV (now WKMG Local 6) in Orlando, and serving as a feature reporter for the Travel Channel. Alongside her on-air roles, Lisa has functioned as a broadcast media trainer for Gannett News Service and worked as a television correspondent for CNTV and NADA-TV.
Lisa obtained her Bachelor of Science in Journalism from Murray State University in Kentucky, holds a Master of Business Administration from the University of Barcelona, European School of Business, in Barcelona, Spain, and an honorary Doctor of Philosophy in Media Communications from Kennedy University. She is currently a Doctoral Candidate at Birchwood University, focusing on Philosophy studies.
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