Cynthia's mother is dying. Often. Each time she is called from Scotland to her mother's deathbed in San Rafael, Cynthia recalls hitchhiking to Mexico, living in a squat overseas, train-hopping with her brother, and all the other things she never told her mother. Wonderfully witty and refreshingly candid, Wah! is an unflinching look at life in all its uncertain and messy glory.