Middle-age is challenging enough, but when Nancy Nau Sullivan suddenly finds herself caring for two children, grappling with her mother’s death, and caring for her ailing father while at the same time navigating a contentious divorce and dealing with long-simmering sibling rivalries, she wonders how she can keep herself sane. Things get even more complicated when her siblings accuse her of “kidnapping” their father and carting him—and his Cadillac—off to Anna Maria Island, Florida, where they are greeted by Hurricane Josephine. In this gripping memoir, Sullivan guides the reader through the chaotic whirlwind of unexpected and unwanted change and offers a common sense and humorous guide to surviving family relationships.

NANCY NAU SULLIVAN has worked as a newspaper journalist, teacher, and most recently, as a University English Specialist in the Peace Corps in Mexico. She has taught English in Chicago, Argentina, and at a boys’ prison in Florida. In her later years, she earned her master’s degree in journalism from Marquette University. Her stories have appeared in Akashic Books, The Blotter, The Atherton Review, and skirt!magazine. Her story, "Once I Had a Bunch of Thyme" won honors at the Carnegie Center in Lexington, KY. Find Nancy online at nancynausullivan.com and on Facebook at NNSullivan.