Unswerving

When Tave wakes up alone in the hospital she barely remembers the car wreck. Far from home dazed and despondent she struggles to face the challenges of her new paralysis-all while worrying about her partner Les also severely injured in the accident now cared for by her homophobic parents who refuse to allow contact.<br> <br> In rehab Tave relearns life skills and comes to recognize that her future will be completely different than she'd imagined. Where will she live? How will she find the help she needs? Can her friends rise to the occasion? Or will she be forced to move back in with her mother putting up with endless talk of faith healers? Her one beacon of hope is Beth her physical therapist. But Beth's relationship problems with her own girlfriend push her toward overinvolvement-and risk damaging both her career and Tave's recovery.<br> <br> A story of courage resilience and love <i>Unswerving</i> challenges readers' preconceived notions of disability of limitations and of the inevitability of fate.