It is an exquisite, heartbreaking novel that speaks to women everywhere about the things that matter most. Night Road is a vivid, emotionally complex novel that raises profound questions about motherhood, loss, identity, and forgiveness. She must decide whether to remain broken or try to forgive both Lexi…and herself. Long buried feelings will rise again, and Jude will finally have to face the woman she has become. When Lexi returns, older and wiser, she demands a reckoning. Lexi gives up everything that matters to her-the boy she loves, her place in the family, the best friend she ever had-while Jude loses even more. In a heartbeat, their love for each other will be shattered, the family broken. People-and Jude-demand justice, and when the finger of blame is pointed, it lands solely on eighteen-year-old Lexi Baill. In an instant, her idyllic life is shattered and her close-knit community is torn apart. But senior year of high school brings unexpected dangers and one night, Jude’s worst fears are confirmed: there is an accident. Then Zach falls in love with Lexi and the three become inseparable. A former foster child with a dark past, Lexi quickly becomes Mia’s best friend.

When Lexi Baill enters their lives, no one is more supportive than Jude. Her twins, Mia and Zach, are bright and happy teenagers. Sypnosis: Jude Farraday is a happily married, stay-at-home mom who puts everyone’s needs above her own. Published: Pan Macmillian Australia March 2011

Night Road by Kristin Hannah