Alex Martinez was ready to mark the completion of a year since her unexpected, unwanted divorce when her neurologist told her that her headaches were caused by a brain tumor. Probably not cancerous, but still a big deal, because it needed to be removed soon, and it would require her to have a support system, in addition to lots of therapy and healing time.
This health news converged with her poorly received presentation to her longtime bosses at an auto parts company, which was vying to have its products sold in PriceMart stores. Her bosses told her to take some time off, and her reaction ‒ not knowing if that might have meant she was fired ‒ was to decide to travel to places that her younger sister wanted to see, before she died of leukemia many years before. And not to tell her two mothers about the tumor. Alex starts out at the Grand Canyon, then goes to Costa Rica, then to Puerto Rico.
The book covers Alex's journey, both in space and time and relationships. There's something about her that made it hard for me to relate to her exactly, but watching her live through it all felt authentic.
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