Desperate journey! Nanci spent every cent she had and burned all the gas in her tank to escape an abusive boyfriend in Chicago and find her mother and her sister. She discovers that both of them are now Colorado River raft guides in Arizona, and that her mother is about to remarry -- in the depths of the Grand Canyon. With no other choices, Nanci goes along on the trip -- two weeks in the middle of the most awesome scenery on the planet, a place that can and does change lives.