True Moxie: Large Print Edition - Paperbackby Sylvia Bourgeois (Author) Summer 1991. Sixteen year old Maia lives a peaceful life with her loving parents, surrounded by the stunning rural beauty of the Pacific Northwest. But when Maia's mother is diagnosed with cancer, their family is plunged into turmoil a period Maia dubs The Summer of Hell. Twelve months later, Maia and her father still don't speak of the year's tragedies. Just weeks before Maia's high school graduation, they struggle