Sex and death consume much of thirty-seven-year-old Brett Catlin’ s life. Cole, ten years her junior, takes care of the former while her job disposing of roadkill addresses the latter. A cancer diagnosis causes her to question her worth, suspecting the illness is payback for the deaths of her father and sister. Thus begins a challenging journey of alternative healing that she doubts she deserves. Just as Brett surrenders to the prescribed cure, a startling discovery sends her on a more profound exploration of cause and effect. Encounters with animals, both living and dead, help her answer the who is worth saving?

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Author of the novel, What the Living Do, Susan Wadds’ publication credits include The Blood Pudding, Room, carte blanche, Funicular, & Azure Magazines, and The Waterwheel Review. She is the winner of WOW Magazine, Lazuli Literary Group, and The Writers’ Union of Canada’s prose contests. A graduate of the Humber School for Writers, Susan is a certified Amherst Writers and Artists (AWA) writing workshop facilitator.