I am a mother, a grandmother, a daughter, a sister and a twin.  I have successfully climbed the corporate ladder and have had the same ladder pulled out from under me.

I wrote this book for:

• All the women I speak to, 90% of whom do not know or have not accepted that heart disease is our number-one killer.
• The women who believe that ignorance is bliss.
• The women who haven’t heard the news that it does matter if your father, uncle, or grandmother had heart disease.
• The women who believe that women—especially young women—are not supposed to have heart disease.
• The women who have given up listening to their bodies because every time they go to the doctor it’s dismissed as neurosis.
• The women who simply don’t want to be bothered, who are determined not to travel down the road I want to take them.

 I am your neighbor, your sister, your co-worker, the woman next to you panting on the treadmill—and yes, that’s me you see Saturday morning at the grocery store.