The Final Canoe Ride (The Circles of the Soul #1)

Meg Owens, aged 48, is unexpectedly diagnosed with Breast Cancer. her journey is presented in straight forward, no-holds-barred, fact-based, graphic and often gory detail. Drifting in and out of consciousness through her painful surgical procedures, her dreams and thoughts flow, in seemingly sequential bursts of suppressed memories. Flashbacks, coupled with the parallel of navigating a canoe, and navigating through her many difficulties, merge the past with the present, blending and muting the dividing lines.

A difficult mother/daughter relationship hounds her thoughts, yet helps her understand how and why she has the strength to go through the difficulties she has had to face. And she sees the common thread from childhood, where her intuitive and empathetic nature first emerge to later guide her to be the woman she had become. Her gentler father, sister, and best friend then later her supportive husband and children are whom she learns to lean on, helping her to conquer some of her challenges. And to help her to also face her losses with bravado.