What is the author's style in A Whole New Life by Reynolds Price?

The book, "A Whole New Life - An Illness and a Healing," is written in the first-person narrative and is the personal experience of the author, Reynolds Price, himself. Price was a renowned author and Duke University English professor, when, at fifty-one years of age, he was struck with a devastating and life-changing disease. A malignant tumor had taken residence on his spine. The surgery to remove the malignancy caused permanent paralysis of his legs, changed his life forever but failed to provide any reliable prognosis about his future, if indeed he had one.