"Menopause slammed into me, mercilessly, like an uproar of Lake Michigan's waves crashing into the break wall that holds her in check. I had no clue that this experience would change my life. I was a 50-year-old innocent, thrust into the raging waters of my own self, held captive until I surrendered and claimed what was mine all along-my own deep, feminine, wild water self. This is the story of my heart-opening, awakening-to-beauty Menopause midwifed by Lake Michigan and a rescue dog named Kaley." --Susan Winecki