<p><b>Instant <i>New York Times</i> Bestseller</b></p><p><b>An <i>Entertainment Weekly</i> 'Must List' Pick</b></p><p><b>&ldquo;The last page is as satisfying as the first.&rdquo; &mdash;Kathryn Stockett</b></p><p><b>&ldquo;I really loved this book... I can't praise it enough.&rdquo;&mdash;Anne Rice</b></p><p><b>&ldquo;It's a book to read and reread, one that will only get better with time.&rdquo;&mdash;Tom Franklin</b></p><p> </p><p><i><b>It was the summer everything changed.&hellip;</b></i></p><p><i>My Sunshine Away</i> unfolds in a Baton Rouge neighborhood best known for cookouts on sweltering summer afternoons, cauldrons of spicy crawfish, and passionate football fandom. But in the summer of 1989, when fifteen-year-old Lindy Simpson&mdash;free spirit, track star, and belle of the block&mdash;experiences a horrible crime late one evening near her home, it becomes apparent that this idyllic stretch of Southern suburbia has a dark side, too.<br><br> In <i>My Sunshine Away</i>, M.O. Walsh brilliantly juxtaposes the enchantment of a charmed childhood with the gripping story of a violent crime, unraveling families, and consuming adolescent love. Acutely wise and deeply honest, it is an astonishing and page-turning debut about the meaning of family, the power of memory, and our ability to forgive. </p>