OVERPOWERING CHALLENGES THREATEN TO TWIST YOU into a chokehold. Frustrated, discouraged, maybe ready to quit? Bend extends a hand in life's pressures to rise above the disruption and despair. International journalist Beth Lueders introduces you to courageous sojourners- a wounded veteran, a Wiccan devotee, mothers of children with profound disabilities, and more-who've uncovered secrets to resilience through the unimaginable. Riveting, and inspiring, Bend wrestles with anger, revenge, purpose, and hope. Bend explores how we really come back through adversity. Are unwavering determination and stay-at-it endurance enough? Discover how you too can finish stronger than anyone imagined. Recapture how to begin again with fresh strength and resolve as you sway, lean, and bend, but do not break.