false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1187990715m/566850.jpg 566850 9 Acclaimed author Laura Moriarty returns with a novel of complex moral dilemma, filled with nuanced characters and a page-turning plot that makes readers ask themselves, "What would I do?" With the publication of her first novel, [book:The Center of Everything], Laura Moriarty was praised for her keen insights into the human condition, the wisdom of her characters, and her poignant and clear-sighted prose. With The Rest of Her Life, Moriarty’s reputation as a novelist to watch is cemented, as she delivers a luminous, provocative, and ultimately redemptive look at how even mothers and daughters with the best intentions can be blind to the harm they do to one another. 3163190 7 8 2007 The Rest of Her Life total:1154|5:113|4:361|3:490|2:162|1:28| 1154 3831 1741 304 1 3 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Sep 24 16:55:17 -0700 2007 Wed Mar 05 14:30:22 -0800 2008 more...]]> 1 2 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Jul 12 21:08:47 -0700 2007 Sat Sep 22 18:52:01 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 1 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Aug 28 19:47:31 -0700 2007 Tue Oct 23 08:40:13 -0700 2007
Perhaps the description on the cover is a bit misleading since the story is actually about ...more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 30 19:41:23 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 30 19:41:23 -0700 2007 Center of Everything, and was excited when I found out that she had this new book out: The Rest of Her Life. The Rest of Her Life starts with a fatal accident - a high school girl accidentally kills another teenage girl with her car. The book follows the afterma...more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Dec 26 21:01:18 -0800 2007 Sun Jun 29 12:29:28 -0700 2008
The story centers around the Churchill family, when daughter Kara, a smart, pretty high school senior, hits and kills a classmate while driving with distractions. The book follows the Churchills in the months that f...more...]]> 4 1 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Sep 10 18:54:55 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 10 18:59:16 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat May 23 13:27:45 -0700 2009 Sat May 16 19:54:21 -0700 2009 Sat May 23 13:27:45 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Jul 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 14 13:38:34 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 14 13:49:58 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Thu Feb 05 09:50:44 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 05 09:50:44 -0800 2009 Laura Moriarty's first novel, The Center of Everything (***1/2 Sept/Oct 2003), explored a difficult mother-daughter relationship through the eyes of a sympathetic child narrator. In The Rest of Her Life Moriarty takes a different tack: although the mother-child relationship still takes center stage,...

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The Rest of Her Life is much more formulaic, more like a Jodi Picoult novel, with a sad problem revolving around human dynamics. Kara, a young girl about to graduat...more...]]> 2 1 false false Mon May 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu May 14 16:48:50 -0700 2009 Thu May 14 17:03:52 -0700 2009
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