Running Out of Tomorrows

By Brenda Peshel

Four generations. One lineage of women. A cedar box filled with secrets that refuse to stay buried. In Running Out of Tomorrows, Penelope becomes the reluctant keeper of her family's history - a history passed down from SaFrona, the Shawnee great-grandmother whose strength shaped their earliest roots; from Louisa and Kathy, whose lives were marked by silence; and from every woman who added another folded truth to the cedar box Penelope never wanted to open. For years, Penelope believed the box was a curse - a weight she was destined to carry alone. But when she sees the same shadows falling across her daughter Melissa, she realizes the past can no longer remain locked away. As she begins to speak the stories she once hid, Penelope uncovers not only the pain that shaped their family, but the resilience that survived it. By the end of her journey, Penelope discovers something she never expected: Melissa may not be the next bearer of the curse, but the beginning of a new kind of strength. A raw and compelling multigenerational memoir, Running Out of Tomorrows reveals the power of women's stories - and the courage it takes to finally break the cycle.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0H22K8PK4
• ISBN13: 9798196958830
• Release Date: May 2026
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 255 Pages
• Weight: 0.77 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.6" x 6.0"