When her doctor flinched and told Gena Teater Perry she had breast cancer, the diagnosis turned her young life upside down. Confronted by her own mortality at 29, Gena agonized over the inevitable question, why me. Then, with uncommon courage, optimism, intelligence and grace, she met her challenge head on, beating back the disease with the boldest treatments available. While braving surgery, radiation therapy, high-dose chemotherapy and an autologous bone marrow transplant, she managed a full and joyful life that uplifted and inspired those around her.