The Rest of Our Lives underviser og borgerrettighedsaktivist Gwendolyn Brooks'

underviser og borgerrettighedsaktivist Gwendolyn Brooks' (1917-2000) autofiktive fortælling om Maud Marthas liv og skæbne

hun er en del af

der former vores samfund

men et overraskende møde forandrer alt

som hun udlægger og fortolker på vidunderlig og overraskende vis

The Rest of Our Lives underviser og borgerrettighedsaktivist Gwendolyn Brooks'When Tom's wife had an affair, he resolved to leave her once their children had grown up. Twelve years later, after driving his daughter to university, he remembers his pact and keeps driving West to visit friends, family and an old girlfriend. But he also has secrets of his own trouble at work and health issues and sometimes running away is the hardest thing to do.