By the time I'd read every book in the house and started asking my husband for cereal boxes to read, I knew I was a goner. Then I found out I was pregnant, but was on bed rest for five months. I got married and continued practicing law. For the next few months, we collaborated on the worst, most clichéd historical romance ever written.Īfter my mom's death, I packed up all those bits and pieces of paper we'd collected and put them in a box in the back of my closet. I was shocked to discover that she believed I would become a writer. I was in my third-and final-year of law school and my mom was in the hospital, facing the end of her long battle with cancer. 'But you're going to be a writer' are the prophetic words I will never forget from my mother. When I was eight years old, my father drove us to Western Washington where we called home.Īfter working in a trendy advertising agency, I decided to go to law school. I was born in September 1960 in Southern California and grew up at the beach, making sand castles and playing in the surf. Currently-lives on Bainbridge Island, Washington.Awards-Golden Heart Award Maggie Award National Reader's Choice.Education-J.D., from a school in Washington (state).This is Kristin Hannah at her very best, telling an unforgettable story about the longing for family, the resilience of the human heart, and the courage it takes to forgive the people we love. It is a luminous, heartbreaking novel that captures both the exquisite pain of loss and the stunning power of hope. Vivid, universal, and emotionally complex, Night Road raises profound questions about motherhood, identity, love, and forgiveness. In the years that follow, each must face the consequences of that single night and find a way to forget…or the courage to forgive. In the blink of an eye, the Farraday family will be torn apart and Lexi will lose everything. One decision will change the course of their lives. On a hot summer’s night her worst fears come true. Nothing feels safe anymore every time her kids leave the house, she worries about them. It has always been easy-until senior year of high school. Jude does everything to keep her kids on track for college and out of harm’s way. Then Zach falls in love with Lexi and the three become inseparable. Lexi, a former foster child with a dark past, quickly becomes Mia’s best friend. When Lexi Baill moves into their small, close knit community, no one is more welcoming than Jude. For eighteen years, Jude Farraday has put her children’s needs above her own, and it shows-her twins, Mia and Zach-are bright and happy teenagers.

Night road book review