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In This Moment

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"A powerful and evocative story about the life-altering consequences of a single decision... Riveting." --Emily Giffin, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Lies that Bind and Something Borrowed

"Karma Brown's work is as smart as it is effortless to read." --Taylor Jenkins Reid, New York Times bestselling author of Reese's Book Club Pick Daisy Jones & The Six

From #1 internationally bestselling author of Recipe for a Perfect Wife comes an emotional tale of the aftermath of one woman's earthshattering mistake

Meg Pepper has a fulfilling career and a happy family. But her life shatters in an instant when a chance encounter results in a terrible accident that leaves a teenage boy in critical condition. Full of remorse, Meg throws herself into helping the teenager's family as he rehabs from his injuries. But the more Meg tries to absolve herself, the more she alienates her own family--and the more she finds herself being drawn to the boy's father.

Soon Meg's picture-perfect life is unravelling before her eyes. As the painful secrets she's been burying bubble dangerously close to the surface, she will have to decide: Can she forgive herself, or will she risk losing everything she holds dear to her heart?

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Critic Reviews

“"Brown delivers an emotional punch in The Choices We Make. This is a good, old-fashioned tear-jerker of a book." -The Toronto Star”

"IN THIS MOMENT is a powerful and evocative story about the life-altering consequences of a single decision. Karma Brown delivers a riveting tale, infused with emotion and morality, that will leave readers asking, 'What would I have done?'" --Emily Giffin, #1 New York Times bestselling author of FIRST COMES LOVE

"When an accident's ripple effects threaten to tear apart Meg Pepper's life, she must decide what--and who--matters most. Exploring the influence and consequence of guilt, love and responsibility, Karma Brown's latest, IN THIS MOMENT, is an emotionally riveting read." - Amy Hatvany, author of It Happens All the Time and Somewhere Out There

"IN THIS MOMENT is a gripping examination of how one seemingly innocuous split-second decision can change your entire life. In her latest, Karma Brown proves once again that she is a masterful observer of the emotional nuance of relationships- both familial and romantic. A must-read." - Colleen Oakley, author of CLOSE ENOUGH TO TOUCH and BEFORE I GO

"Karma Brown has a knack for zeroing in on a heart-stopping flash when lives can change forever, and then for deftly examining the fissures in a family that can materialize out of the aftermath. After reading In This Moment, I'll never casually wave anyone across a street again, but I will await Karma Brown's next book with admiration and anticipation. - Meg Mitchell Moore, author of The Captain's Daughter and The Admissions

"[We] are ready for more of Brown's powerful, heartfelt prose. She's the female Nicholas Sparks." -Redbook

"Should appeal to readers who relish Nicholas Sparks' sentimental stories combined with the kind of weighty issues often raised by Jodi Picoult." -New York Journal of Books

"A warmly compelling love story [and] deeply moving debut." -Booklist

"[A] heartbreaking yet hopeful tale... Karma Brown is a talented new voice in women's fiction." -Lori Nelson Spielman, #1 international bestselling author of The Life List

"With effortless and beautiful writing, Karma Brown twists heartache and hope together in The Choices We Make." -Amy E. Reichert, author of Luck, Love & Lemon Pie and The Coincidence of Coconut Cake

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About the Author

KARMA BROWN is an award-winning journalist and bestselling author of Come Away With Me, The Choices We Make, In This Moment, and The Life Lucy Knew. She recently published The 4% Fix, a self-help book for time management. Karma lives outside of Toronto with her husband, daughter, and their labradoodle, Fred. Recipe for a Perfect Wife is her most recent novel.

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Bestselling author Karma Brown is back with a morally infused and emotionally riveting exploration of one woman's grief and guilt over an unexpectedyet avoidabletragedy. Meg Pepper has a fulfilling career as a real esate agent, a hardworking husband on the verge of starting his own medical practice and a surprisingly good-natured teenage daughter. Most days Meg is able to keep it all together thanks to an endless stream of alerts on her phone, andmore or lessseamlessly glide through life. After school pickup one day, Meg and her daughter, Audrey, are driving home when they see Jack, the twin brother of Audrey's boyfriend, up ahead. Seeing a group of boys on the other side of the road, Meg stops her car to wave him across the streetjust as an SUV comes hurtling down the road and slams into Jack. The drivera high-school teacher in the process of textingdid not see Jack crossing the road. Meg can't help but blame herself for this horrific accident. Guilt stricken and desperate with grief, Meg throws herself into helping Jack's family as he rehabs from his injuries. But the more she tries to absolve herself of what she feels responsible for, the more she alienates her own family. The ripple effects that follow tear at the ties that bind her to those she loves the most, causing her to risk losing everything she holds dear to her heart. "

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Product Details

Publisher
Harper Collins Usa | Park Row Books
Published
30th May 2017
Pages
304
ISBN
9780778329916

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