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Blame

Michelle Huneven

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#1110 of 8,085 books · #301 in Crime & Thriller

Shortlisted for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Fiction (2009) and the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction (2009).

Blame was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and was named a best book of the year by the Chicago Tribune, O, the Oprah Magazine, the Washington Post, and the Kansas City Star. 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.

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Publisher
Macmillan + ORM
ISBN-13
9781429989893
Topics
Guilt and redemptionAddiction and recoveryConsequences of a drunk-driving accident

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