
Beneath the surface of the happy, positive public persona is a story of loss, redemption and the search for identity, revealing the details of how Layne and her birth mother, Maggie, found each other twenty-seven years after her birth, the highs and many lows in their quest for reconciliation and the dark secret of Maggie's past.


Winner of a record seven women's world championships, she also blazed trails in the mountainous waves of Hawaii's outer reefs, earning respect where it mattered most - in the water. Layne Beachley's story is about the skinny little girl who overcame a king tide of obstacles, from chronic fatigue and depression to debilitating injury and family tragedy, to become an icon in the male-dominated world of competitive surfing.
