Coming of Age: Come Rain or Come Shine took more than ten years to write. The author, finding herself alone, her marriage of forty-two years imploding, examines each piece of her life to understand what happened to her. She "comes of age" as a senior, finding her voice to tell her story as truthfully as she can. She discovers who she is and transforms herself in the process. Others present in the story may view it differently, with varied colors and threads. This is only the author's version of the fabric of her life.