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Blame

By Huneven, Michelle
Blame
Huneven's third book is a spellbinding novel of guilt and love, family and shame, sobriety and the lack of it, and the moral ambiguities that ensnare us all.

Details

Authors: Huneven, Michelle
Copyright: 2009
Format: Paperback
GTIN13: 9780312429850
ISBN10: 0312429851
Page Count: 304
Dimensions: 5.3x0.9x8.2
Publisher: Picador USA

Strand Notes

National Book Critics Circle Award finalist. Patsy MacLemoore, a 28-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 direveway. Patsy will spend 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 the victims' family. Then another piece of news turns up, casting her crime, and her life, in a different and unexpected light. 291p.

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FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD
FINALIST FOR THE LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE
CHICAGO TRIBUNE FAVORITE FICTION OF THE YEAR
O, THE OPRAH MAGAZINE TEN TERRIFIC READS OF THE YEAR
A WASHINGTON POST BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR
A KANSAS CITY STAR 100 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR

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.

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