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Book SynopsisFunny yet bitingly realistic look at small-town lifeA grim literary mystery and a hopeful family story, this genre-blending novel manages to be both charming and heartbreaking. Kirkus
An enthralling suspense thrillerExquisite prose matches deep characterization. Kennedy deserves to win an Edgar. Publishers Weekly, starred review
Sometimes, a woman has to rescue herself.
Jenny Newberg, Queen of Bad Decisions, is about to make another one. In a small town where everyone knows everyone's business, down-on-her-luck single mother Jenny is on a first-name basis with the debt collector at the bank, who is moving toward foreclosure. She is constantly apologizing to her precocious young daughter, Billie Starr, who is filling a book with her mother's sorries, and it seems to Jenny that no apology will ever be enough.
Then a pair of strangers in black suits offers her a hefty check to seduce someone known as the Candidate. Finally, something wil
