Don''t Make Me Turn This Life Around

A witty and unexpected novel about a woman trying to keep her family vacationand yes, her lifefrom going south by the Amazon Charts bestselling author of Life and Other Near-Death Experiences. Its been thirteen years since doctors declared Libby Ross-Velasquez a goner. Yet here she iscancer free. So why doesnt she feel more alive? Sure, Libbys husband, Shiloh, has been distant. One of their daughters has a serious health condition. And her fathers death hovers over Libby like a rain cloud. Still, this eternal optimist knows shes the winner of the existential lottery. But when her forced cheer isnt enough to keep her family from catching her blahs, she decides to fly them all to Vieques. The Puerto Rican island is where she and Shiloh fell in loveand where she decided to fight for her life after her cancer diagnosis. Where better to put their problems into perspective? Then a tropical storm strikes. Libby pretends everythings fine, even as she fears shes doomed her family. What she cant see is that the worst disaster theyve faced may be the best thing that ever happened to them. But first, they have to get through it. See more