内容简介：
The year is 1969, and a group of unsuccessful, middle-aged men and women devoted to second chances and once-in-a-lifetime dreams has decided to stake out and claim the fourth largest ore deposit in the world. The unforgiving Alaskan terrain tests their courage, strength, and determination. Egos and buried passions are unleashed, and unchained greed intensifies as the dream moves out of reach. Inspired by a con artist, the group dares to achieve a dream funded by Carrieas parents, who sell their Texas home, purchase two used Greyhound busses and remodel them into mobile homes for the trip. The crew begins the journey full of excitement, hope, and camaraderie; however, once they are faced with deceit and betrayal, dissension unravels that bond and poisons hope. Carrie, caught up in the tangle of lies and removed from societyas protection, confronts physical and psychological abuse. As the dream sours, harsh reality closes in, and Carrie, a fourteen-year-old girl, discovers the adult world in a collision between Fate and Nature. Her story is about surviving broken dreams and lies, and where you go when all hope is lost.