Author and cross-country motorcyclist Tamela Rich wrote "Live Full Throttle: Life Lessons From Friends Who Faced Cancer" based on two years of riding her motorcycle across the US and Canada with other women committed to the breast cancer cause. She learned how a brush with cancer helped survivors re-examine both their priorities and their assumptions about how to live their best lives. "Live Full Throttle" shares eight of the lessons she learned: The Healing Power of Joy Gratitude Eases Pain Laughter Lightens Tragedy You’re Terminal Too, Embrace It When to Fight, When to Flow Art Restores Relationships Are Fluid Channel Sorrow Into Service Each chapter includes thought-provoking questions and exercises designed to help the reader apply the lessons to their own lives.