Through twenty-five years in the New Hampshire Legislature and a run for Congress in 1980, Susan McLane advocated for the mentally ill, for welfare mothers, for dignity in dying. She fought to save the environment, preserving lakes and protecting wildlife. A tireless advocate for women in politics, raising funds and recruiting candidates, she made a difference in the lives of others. The Last Dance is this familys story about learning to swim in the deep end of the lake when the woman they all love best, their matriarch, Susan Susie McLane, slips away, one day at a time, to Alzheimers disease.