Jet Pan's memoir is a candid account of a life well-lived as an autobiography of a French Canadian orphan growing up in the 1940s and the 1950s in New Brunswick Canada. A postmistress at age thirteen, an aspiring nun, and a teacher prior to immigrating to this country as a young adult; she raised a family while becoming a nurse and a marathoner. While overcoming many challenges and hardships, her strong faith in God and in her fellow man made it all worthwhile.