Michelle Huneven

Patsy MacLemoore, a history professor in her late twenties with a brand-new Ph. D. from Berkeley and a wild streak, wakes up in jail--yet again--after another epic alcoholic blackout. However, this time two people are dead, and Patsy had been driving with a revoked license. She will spend the rest of her life in prison, getting sober, finding a new community and husband, and trying to atone for this unpardonable act. Then decades later, another unimaginable...