Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
Bestselling author Karma Brown is back with a morally infused and emotionally riveting exploration of one woman's grief and guilt over an unexpectedyet avoidabletragedy.
Meg Pepper has a fulfilling career as a real esate agent, a hardworking husband on the verge of starting his own medical practice and a surprisingly good-natured teenage daughter. Most days Meg is able to keep it all together thanks to an endless stream of alerts on her phone, andmore or lessseamlessly glide through life.
After school pickup one day, Meg and her daughter, Audrey, are driving home when they see Jack, the twin brother of Audrey's boyfriend, up ahead. Seeing a group of boys on the other side of the road, Meg stops her car to wave him across the streetjust as an SUV comes hurtling down the road and slams into Jack. The drivera high-school teacher in the process of textingdid not see Jack crossing the road.
Meg can't help but blame herself for this horrific accident. Guilt stricken and desperate with grief, Meg throws herself into helping Jack's family. But the more she tries to absolve herself of what she feels responsible for, the more she alienates her own family. The ripple effects that follow tear at the ties that bind her to those she loves the most, causing her to risk losing everything she holds dear to her heart.
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Synopsis
Bestselling author Karma Brown is back with a morally infused and emotionally riveting exploration of one woman's guilt over an unexpected--yet avoidable--tragedy
Meg Pepper has a fulfilling career and a happy family. Most days she's able to keep it all together and glide through life. But then, in one unalterable moment, everything changes.
After school pickup one day, she stops her car to wave a teenage boy across the street...just as another car comes hurtling down the road and slams into him.
Meg can't help but blame herself for her role in this horrific disaster. Full of remorse, she throws herself into helping the boy's family as he rehabs from his injuries. But the more Meg tries to absolve herself, the more she alienates her own family--and the more she finds herself being drawn to the boy's father, Andrew.
Soon Meg's picture-perfect life is unravelling before her eyes. As the painful secrets she's been burying bubble dangerously close to the surface, she will have to decide: Can she forgive herself, or will she risk losing everything she holds dear to her heart?
Synopsis
"A powerful and evocative story about the life-altering consequences of a single decision... Riveting." --Emily Giffin, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Lies that Bind and Something Borrowed
"Karma Brown's work is as smart as it is effortless to read." --Taylor Jenkins Reid, New York Times bestselling author of Reese's Book Club Pick Daisy Jones & The Six
From #1 internationally bestselling author of Recipe for a Perfect Wife comes an emotional tale of the aftermath of one woman's earthshattering mistake
Meg Pepper has a fulfilling career and a happy family. But her life shatters in an instant when a chance encounter results in a terrible accident that leaves a teenage boy in critical condition. Full of remorse, Meg throws herself into helping the teenager's family as he rehabs from his injuries. But the more Meg tries to absolve herself, the more she alienates her own family--and the more she finds herself being drawn to the boy's father.
Soon Meg's picture-perfect life is unravelling before her eyes. As the painful secrets she's been burying bubble dangerously close to the surface, she will have to decide: Can she forgive herself, or will she risk losing everything she holds dear to her heart?