The last thing Piedro remembers is diving into the lake on his day off fromwork. Now he lies in a hospital bed with a wheelchair at his side. Casting ashadow from the doorway, his caretaker remarks on "how quickly one gets used tothis kind of thing," as she goes on to empty his catheter bag and to help himinto his wheelchair. Piedro must now deal with a growing mix of fear andpowerlessness that surges within him as he realizes that he will be paralyzedforever; it bursts forth like a twister, "over and over again," until he resignshimself to it. In time, Piedro's feelings of hopelessness are offset by therealization that he can find both love and a degree of independence. With thesupport of his family and friends, he makes his way through rehab and finallygets back to the business of living. Based on his own experiences, RolandBurkart's Twister is a realistic and uplifting narrative that will resonate withanyone who has ever experienced or borne witness to a life upended by calamity.