She Was

Doreen Woods has built a steady life as a well-regarded dentist, married to a fifth-grade teacher, with a son who has just finished high school. Her one real concern is her brother Adam, who has MS.

Then Janey Marks turns up and brings a past Doreen has kept buried. In 1971 Doreen was Lucy Johansson, a young and idealistic woman. Adam had come home from Vietnam damaged and bitter. Swept up in the anti-war movement, Lucy committed a crime that changed everything for both of them.

The novel moves across the United States, from one coast to the other, over four decades. It follows a young woman who, like many of her generation, wanted to reshape the world, and who, thirty-four years later, in a world that still needs reshaping, must face the consequences of what she did.