If This Were Fiction: A Love Story in Essays

2023 Heartland Booksellers Award finalist Foreword INDIES Silver Winner in Autobiography and Memoir Finalist for the 2023 Book of the Year Award from Chicago Writers AssociationIf This Were Fiction is a love story—for Jill Christman’s long-ago fiancé, who died young in a car accident; for her children; for her husband, Mark; and ultimately, for herself. In this collection, Christman takes on the wide range of situations and landscapes she encountered on her journey from wild child through w...