At the beginning of this novel Peter Wester, an EMT, is having problems dealing with his daughter Rowan. He is raising her alone and she is a teenager - so of course there are bound to be problems. Once a straight A student, her grades are slipping. Even worse, she has been experimenting with alcohol. Peter knows first hand the affects of alcohol. He met Rowan's mother when he responded to a one-vehicle car accident. The driver was a very attractive and very drunk woman named Shelia. But of course he falls for her, she gets pregnant and they get married. He is in love with her, but when she begins drinking again it appears that the marriage is doomed. When Shelia has a car accident with Rowan in the car Peter sends her away. Sixteen years later he is afraid that Rowan might become Shelia - and so he turns to the only person he thinks might help. That is, of course, Shelia.
I am never disappointed in a Shreve novel, and this was no exception. You can read the book or listen to it on audio like I did!
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