A principal, Penney Divan has managed a high school and her active lifestyle successfully while battling cancer and its recurrence. She's pretty confident at this point in her life she can survive anything. But an array of health issues confronts Penney and her family. First, her husband Jack's elderly mother is failing and he flies to Colorado to assist her. Jack falls seriously ill with a brain aneurysm and needs surgery. And more tests await Penney. These new situations find Penney initially daunted until she begins to draw on all the resources she has amassed throughout the recent years. Little does she know, however, that even those resources are going to be tested. When this happens, Penney's resiliency and perseverance triumph as she wishes for miracles and searches for an inner peace. The third installment in The Cancer Chronicles, Winning Wishes follows the earlier books in the series, Ill Will and Beauty Full. In Winning Wishes, Penney discovers wishes do come true in amazing ways.