Unbelievable memoir -- Carol is a resilient woman who endured traumatic events that would cause most others to roll over and quit. The challenges of cancer, rape, marital abuse, jail, suicide attempt, loss of child and financial ruin coupled with a determination to succeed compels the reader to root for her to triumph. You will identify with Carol on many emotional terrains of love, loss, suffering, pain, heartbreak and ultimately renewal. This fast paced memoir reads with all the elements of a good novel - character, conflict, suspense and resolution. Follow her family through insurmountable hardships and witness the tenacity it takes for Carol to survive. This is her true gripping story of hope, perseverance, and faith.