Cheryl Fong's battles in life didn't begin with the onset of Motor Neurone Disease. In a starkly honest autobiography, she relates her story of hardship growing up in a country town with an exacting mother and a demanding father. Her nursing career in Darwin came to an abrupt end as she became the unmarried mother of a son in difficult circumstances. Surviving Cyclone Tracy and a failed first marriage, her good humour, compassion and intelligence gave her strength to face further challenges, culminating in love at forty. The onset of Motor Neurone Disease prompted her to write her history for her sons, with a view to being an aid to other MND sufferers. Yet all readers will be elevated by this touching story of a brave, strong, kind woman whose legacy was to be "Beloved on this Earth".