This book is a fictional novel, based on real life experiences. The person in this book survives, through, Life's perils, and against all odds, as she traveled along the way, on the road of life. This book takes place, at a time, when there was no name for abuse, let alone the variances of abuse. It was a time when a women's life had parameters of what she could or should do, regarding education, travel, etc. It was a time, when women were expected to become a housewife and mother. However this brave soul does get away from her abuser, and ventures into an unknown world of adventure, to find her own being. She survives "Along the Way," with the many twists and turns in her life