Katie finally feels like she’s getting her life on track, with a new job and a new lover, as she starts to put her troubled past behind her. But just as she starts to think she’s pulling away from her past, her father is released from jail. Locked up after being convicted of raping Katie’s best friend at their lake cabin a decade before, he’s returning to the lakeside. Katie stood by her father’s side and insisted he was innocent during the trial, but now, as her memories begin to come back, she’s forced to admit she may have been wrong. I have to admit I was a little frustrated by Katie’s inability to accept reality, especially in these times with the Me Too movement hopefully making everyone more aware

This book was riveting, as it tells about the relationship of two friends via the past and present. The father of one of the girls is charged with statutory rape of the other girl. This book follows the fallout and lead up to that event.

Riveting. If I had to sum up this debut book in one word, that would be it. What would you do if your father went to jail for statutory rape of your best friend? Who do you side with? What if your choice might be wrong? I admit that I feel a lot of overwhelm from the #metoo news of the world today, and wasn't sure how I was going to feel about this novel, but Schumann pulls you into Katie's world and wraps you in all the emotions from each character in such a way that you literally can't put the book down. There are often many sides to a story and relationships can be incredibly tough and complicated and Schumann deftly shows you all that nuance. I'm going to be thinking about this book for a long time to come.