"Work hard. Do good. Be incredible!" is the advice Teresa Rae Wood shares with t
he listeners of her local radio show, Modern Pioneers, and the advice she strive
s to live by every day.
She has fled a bad marriage and rebuilt a life with h
er children, Claire and Joshua, and their caring stepfather, Bruce. Their love f
or each other binds them as a family through the daily struggles of making ends
meet. But when they received unexpected news that Teresa, only 38, is dying of c
ancer, their lives all begin to unravel and drift apart.
Strayed's intimate p
ortraits of these fully human characters in a time of crisis show the varying tr
uths of grief, forgiveness, and the beautiful terrors of learning how to keep li
ving.
