Sarah Williams is a sharp-tongued, overextended English and debate teacher raising three kids alone in a small Utah college town. When her ex-husband—the doctor who abandoned her years ago—moves back with his new wife, Sarah's tightly held bitterness collides with her shy daughter Jenny's desperate need for friends. As an arrogant, drug-using student wages a quiet campaign of revenge, a devastating tragedy forces Sarah to confront her own anger, pride, and the difference between surviving and truly living. A biting, funny, deeply human portrait of a single mom who has to learn the difference between surviving and living Perfect for readers who love flawed, sharp-witted heroines and stories of forgiveness A cautionary tale about how our own anger can wound the people we most want to protect Explores divorce, bullying, and blended families with unflinching honesty and warmth “Remember, dear, you must be the protagonist in your own life, the heroine in your own story.”Perfect for an adult LDS woman who enjoys emotionally rich, character-driven fiction about family, forgiveness, and finding hope after divorce.
