Powered By Hope reaches across boundary lines and speaks directly to our humanity, touching upon some of the most universally relevant subjects in society: addiction, alcoholism, cancer, death, and faith.

With an engaging narrative, Teri Griege--with the assistance of author Amy Marxkors--chronicles her journey from alcoholic and drug addict to defiant cancer-fighter and Ironman. After she is given a death sentence in the form of stage IV colon cancer, Teri responds by training for one of the most grueling endurance events in the world. The race is a victorious culmination of years of struggle and a personal evolution, one punctuated with tumultuous moments of self-doubt, addiction, rehab, forgiveness, faith, and ultimate victory.

Powered By Hope is not merely a ''cancer book'' or a ''book for addicts'' or a ''triathlon book''; instead, it is a story that cuts through labels to reveal that for all of our differences, we are all very human.

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