The Last Summer of Her Other Life

From Jean Reynolds Page--the critically acclaimed author of The Space Between Before and After and one of the most compelling voices in contemporary women's fiction--comes a dazzling novel of loss and redemption, of relationships that damage and those that heal.

Thirty-nine and pregnant by a man she's decided to leave behind in California, Jules' life is changing. Always the protected daughter, she must now relinquish that role and prepare to be a mother herself. But her efforts are upstaged by shocking allegations from a local teen in her North Carolina hometown. The boy has accused her of what the police are calling "inappropriate sexual contact." Three men rally in her defense: Lincoln, her brother, who flies in from New York to help her; Sam, her high school boyfriend, who after so many years still offers unconditional support; and Walt, the uncle of the teen, who charms Jules with his intelligence and unanticipated kindness.

Her search for the truth about the troubled teenager becomes, for Jules, a first step toward discovering the woman she wishes to be. But with so many wrong choices behind her, how can she trust herself with the future of her unborn child?

Author: Jean Reynolds Page
Publisher: William Morrow & Company
Published: 06/30/2009
Pages: 320
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.53lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.48w x 0.77d
ISBN: 9780061452499

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 05/11/2009 pg. 36

About the Author
Page, Jean Reynolds: -

Jean Reynolds Page lives with her husband and three children in Wisconsin.