“Life is Beautiful: How a Lost Girl Became a True, Confident Child of God”, is not only about an airplane that crashed in the mountains of Guatemala; killing eleven of the fourteen passengers, but about the darkness of addiction and depression, the beauty of hospice care, and one girls journey to seek God and self-discovery when all hope is lost. “Life is Beautiful” can relate to a wide variety of readers whether it be through substance abuse, mental illness, grief and loss issues, or someone just wanting to seek personal transformation. While reading “Life is Beautiful”, it will not only change one’s perspective and importance of life and family, but will hopefully guide and inspire one to see that life is beautiful.