I strongly recommend you watch Abby Wambach's viral 2018 Barnard commencement address or read the published version ("Wolfpack") as a concluding chapter to this memoir, which was written shortly after her retirement in 2015. Without "Wolfpack," "Forward" fails to capture Wambach's charisma and feels underdeveloped and bleak, like you can't quite trust the positive direction of the abrupt ending. (And without "Forward," the short, inspirational punch of "Wolfpack" lacks heft and context, as if it's a nice framework and message but you aren't sure it's actionable.) Together, they tell a powerfully honest and inspiring story of struggle, identity, courage, family, triumph, failure, healing, hope, growth, and the rising tide of badass women. ⁣