Last Summer of Her Other Life

<p>From Jean Reynolds Page--the critically acclaimed author of <em>The Space Between Before and After</em> 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.</p><p>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. </p><p>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?</p>