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A gripping portrayal of a mother's love and despair.

This book would be a good read for those who appreciate thought-provoking stories that explore the complexities of motherhood and its impact on family dynamics. Laura Moriarty's The Rest of Her Life delves into the emotional turmoil and moral dilemmas faced by Leigh, a mother struggling to navigate the aftermath of her daughter's tragic mistake. The author gives readers a raw and compassionate look at the fragility of relationships and the lengths a mother will go to in order to protect her child, making it impossible to put down.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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The Rest of Her Life

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ISBN: 9781401302719
Authors: Laura Moriarty
Publisher: Hyperion
Date of Publication: 2007-08-07
Format: Hardcover
Related Collections: Contemporary, Literary Fiction
Related Topics: Literature, Race, Feminism
Goodreads rating: 3.42
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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"
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A gripping portrayal of a mother's love and despair.

This book would be a good read for those who appreciate thought-provoking stories that explore the complexities of motherhood and its impact on family dynamics. Laura Moriarty's The Rest of Her Life delves into the emotional turmoil and moral dilemmas faced by Leigh, a mother struggling to navigate the aftermath of her daughter's tragic mistake. The author gives readers a raw and compassionate look at the fragility of relationships and the lengths a mother will go to in order to protect her child, making it impossible to put down.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.