Blame

A Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize.A woman faces the many complicated consequences of a drunk-driving accident in Michelle Huneven''s gripping third novel Blame.Patsy MacLemoore a twenty-eight-year-old history professor with a brand-new Ph.D. and a wild streak wakes up in jail—yet again—after another epic alcoholic blackout. This time though a mother and daughter are dead run over in Patsy''s driveway. Patsy will the next decades of her life atoning for this unpardonable act. She goes to prison sobers up marries a much older man she meets in AA and makes ongoing amends to her victims'' family. Then another piece of news turns up casting her crime and her life in a different and unexpected light. Brilliant morally complex and often funny Blame is a breathtaking story of contrition and what it takes to rebuild a life from the bottom up.A Chicago Tribune Best Book of the Year | O the OprahMagazine Best Book of the Year | Washington Post Best Book of the Year | Kansas City Star Best Books of the Year