Böcker av Susan Schoenberger

Margaret Carlyle is searching for an epic love as she heads to collegein 1979 after the loss of her beloved mother to cancer. When acharismatic boy named Anders rapes her on their first date, she wantsnothing more than to forget it ever happened. But as the years pass,each life decision she makes seems driven by what happened that night. When Anders becomes famous as an actor, Margaret can no longer ignoreher past--and she must make choices that will affect everyone around her, most notably her husband, Douglas, and Fitz, the man who has loved herpatiently since college. This deeply moving novel is a window into class and privilege, themysteries of marriage, and the destructive power of secrets--and anexamination of what happens when we try to bury the past, as well as the consequences of confronting it.