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Laurel Braitman spent her childhood learning how to outfish grown men, keep bees, and fix carburetors from her larger-than-life dad. Diagnosed with terminal cancer, he went to spectacular lengths to teach her the skills she'd need to survive without him. But by her mid-thirties she is a ship about to splinter on the rocks, exhausted by running from her own bad feelings. We follow as Braitman changes course, navigating multiple wildernesses — from northern New Mexico and western Alaska to her own Tinder app. She learns the hard way that no achievement, no matter how shiny, can protect her from pain, and works to transform guilt and regret into gold: learning from a badass birder in the Bering Sea, a few dozen grieving kids in a support group, a pile of smoking ashes, and countless online dates. Along the way, she faces a wildfire that threatens everyone and everything she cares about, a grueling test of her own survival skills, and the fact that we often have to say our hardest goodbyes before we're ready. In the end, Braitman realizes that being open to love after loss is not only possible, it can set us free. What Looks Like Bravery (Simon & Schuster) is a hero's journey for our times. Braitman teaches us that hope is a form of courage, one that can work as an all-purpose key to the locked doors of your dreams. Braitman will be joined in conversation by Rebecca Skloot, author of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks.