May 13, 2013
Linda Daly grew up having easy access to the best of everything. Like her mother, Linda became an active member of her community with several philanthropic ventures and chaired the tikkun olam committee at her temple. With her mother’s diagnosis of stage-four pancreatic cancer, Linda questioned her faith. During the High Holidays of 2009, Linda granted her mother’s last wish, to visit the Brazilian faith healer, John of God, during his residency in New York. There, Linda hoped to restore her waning spirituality while her mother hoped to cure her cancer. This unlikely pilgrimage took a frightening turn when the faith healer revealed himself as a charlatan and her mother’s heath rapidly deteriorated. Unable to fly home, Linda’s two brothers flew to meet their mother and sister. In a rented RV, during Sukkot, the family embarked on what would become their final road trip—a journey that brought peace to Nancy, a renewed family bond and where Linda discovers how even a beautiful, temporary and fragile life can impact one for a lifetime.