The Rest of Her Life
The Rest of Her Life
Author: Laura Moriarty
Desc: In The Rest of Her Life Laura Moriarty delivers a luminous compassionate and provocative look at how mothers and daughters with the best intentions can be blind to the harm they do to one another.Leigh is the mother of high-achieving popular high school senior Kara. Their relationship is already strained for reasons Leigh does not fully understand when in a moment of carelessness Kara makes a mistake that ends in tragedy -- the effects of which not only divide Leigh's family but polarize the entire community. We see the story from Leigh's perspective as she grapples with the hard reality of what her daughter has done and the devastating consequences her actions have on the family of another teenage girl in town all while struggling to protect Kara in the face of rising public outcry. Like the best works of Jane Hamilton Jodi Picoult and Alice Sebold Laura Moriarty's The Rest of Her Life is a novel of complex moral dilemma filled with nuanced characters and a page-turning plot that makes readers ask themselves "What would I do"