59. The Rest of Her Life by Laura Moriarty
Kara Churchill is a popular high school senior who is about to graduate high school in one week and then attend college in Boston. On her way back from picking up her graduation gown, she and her friend Willow notice a stray dog in the road. Kara pulls into a parking lot to try to rescue the dog, and as she drives out of the lot, she hits and kills a fellow student, Bethany Cleese.
The resulting tragedy that not only tears the Churchill family apart but also that of the dead girl’s mother and the community is told from Leigh Churchill’s perspective, Kara’s mother. While Leigh doesn’t understand how her daughter could have done something like this, she also fights to protect her daughter from the outcry of their small town. The novel also features flashbacks of Leigh’s young life and how she and her sister had to deal with a non-maternal mother who abandons Leigh when she is only sixteen. Full of many moral questions and complex characters, this would be a great choice for book discussion groups. This would also be a great title for readers who like Jodi Picoult, Jacquelyn Mitchard, and Chris Bohjalian.
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