Dizzy with grief after a shattering breakup, Kristen did what any sensible thirty-nine-year-old woman would do: she fled, abandoning her well-ordered life in metropolitan Boston and impulsively relocating to a college town in North Carolina to start anew with a freshly divorced southerner. Dismissing the neon signs that flashed Rebound Relationship, Kristen was charmed by the host of contrasts with her new beau. He loved hunting and country music, she loved yoga and NPR; he worried about nothing, she worried about everything. The luster of her new romance and small-town lifestyle soon--and predictably--faded, but by then a pregnancy test stick had lit up. As Kristen's belly grew, so did her concern about the bond with her partner--and so did a fierce love for her unborn child. Ready or not, she was about to become a mother. And then, tragedy struck.
