Save Me

by Kristyn Kusek Lewis

Overview

From the author of How Lucky You Are comes a new novel about love, truth and forgiveness.

Daphne Mitchell has always believed in cause and effect, right and wrong, good and bad. The good: her dream job as a doctor; Owen, her childhood sweetheart and now husband; the beautiful farmhouse they're restoring together. In fact, most of her life has been good--until the day Owen comes home early from work to tell her he's fallen head over heels for someone else.

Unable to hate him, but also equally incapable of moving forward, Daphne's life hangs in limbo until the day Owen's new girlfriend sustains near-fatal injuries in a car accident. As Daphne becomes a pillar of support for the devastated Owen, and realizes that reconciliation may lie within her grasp, she has to find out whether forgiveness is possible and decide which path is the right one for her.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781455572229
Publisher:	Grand Central Publishing
Publication date:	12/30/2014
Sold by:	Hachette Digital, Inc.
Format:	eBook
Sales rank:	858,393
File size:	487 KB

About the Author

Kristyn Kusek Lewis is the author of How Lucky You Are (5 Spot, 2012). She has an MFA in Creative Writing from Vermont College of Fine Arts, and has worked in magazines for fifteen years. She has written for the New York Times, O: The Oprah Magazine, Real Simple, Glamour, Allure, Good Housekeeping, Self, More,Redbook, and more.

Editorial Reviews

12/08/2014
A perfect life unravels in predictably painful and messy fashion in Lewis's (How Lucky You Are) tale of learning to let go. Thirty-six-year-old private practice doctor Daphne Mitchell is heartbroken when her cancer-specialist husband, Owen Monahan, announces he's been sleeping with a social worker 10 years his junior. Daphne begins to examine her broken marriage that seems beyond repair. Owen, on a parallel crash course when his affair ends tragically, grieves for two lost loves, and Daphne falls immediately back into a role that makes her wonder if she's trying to "nurse him back" into loving her. Daphne's mentors in her tortuous transition from prudent to adventurous are a reckless, troubled patient, a hotel business entrepreneur who opens tantalizing new horizons, and her own sister, who guides her to a realization that a once "comfortable normal" marriage was anything but. Lewis gets it just right in her examination of how tiny cracks can shatter in a marriage that gets "cemented in the fable" of what being together is supposed to be. (Jan.)

Publishers Weekly

"Lewis gets it just right in her examination of how tiny cracks can shatter in a marriage that gets 'cemented in the fable' of what being together is supposed to be."—Publishers Weekly

"Lewis' newest novel is an emotional roller coaster of a read, but in a good way. As fans follow the protagonist's story and journey through one of the hardest moments of her life, they will find themselves feeling every emotion with her along the way - hope, anguish, rage, sadness and love all emerge. It's a testament to Lewis' great writing and is an absolutely fantastic read."—RT Book Reviews

"Kristyn Kusek Lewis defines heartbreak with deep understanding and compassion in Save Me. I swung from hope to rage, and back again as I followed Daphne through the shattering after effects of infidelity. Lewis portrays neither angels nor demons, but the aching reality that marriage can become, along with the possibility of grace that love offers."—Randy Susan Meyers, author of Accidents of Marriage and The Comfort of Lies

"Kristyn Kusek Lewis has written a novel that is as thought-provoking as it is thoughtful. From its heartbreaking beginning to its heartwarming end, SAVE ME had me asking myself, 'What would I do?' over and over - and over again. Absorbing, compelling, and a pleasure to read, this book is a page turner."—Taylor Jenkins Reid, author of Forever, Interrupted and After I Do

"In SAVE ME, Kristyn Kusek Lewis takes what might have been a familiar story and puts it on a different trajectory, to a much more compelling end. It's a book that leaves you thinking about the choices the characters made, and whether or not yours would have been the same."
—Sarah Healy, author of Can I Get An Amen? and House of Wonder

"Fans of women's fiction about enduring female friendships will relate to debut author Lewis's vivid and genuinely written protagonists. A good choice for readers who enjoy the novels of Kristin Hannah and Patricia Gaffney."—Library Journal

"Kristyn Kusek Lewis's How Lucky You Are is a moving, thoughtful story about what happens when friends become family and stay close despite all odds. It's an honest, empathetic novel of love, commitment, and female friendship with characters I didn't want to let go."—Meredith Goldstein, author of The Singles and Boston Globe "Love Letters" Columnist

"Charming and achingly real. . . I'm certain it will become a book club favorite."—Sarah Jio, author of The Violets of March and The Bungalow

"Wise and compulsively readable. . . If you've ever had a best friend or been a best friend, this is a book for you."—Meg Mitchell Moore, author of The Arrivals and So Far Away

From the Publisher

12/01/2014
Can a marriage survive an infidelity? That's the question Dr. Daphne Mitchell must grapple with concerning her own marriage when her husband admits he's been involved with another woman. Deciding whether or not to divorce Owen isn't an easy decision as Daphne listens to and mostly ignores the opinions of those closest to her. The answer to a life-altering question such as this is clearly one she must come to on her own terms. But when a catastrophic event sends Owen running to her for comfort, Daphne's feelings become even more confused. Will this breach of marriage vows become a catalyst for change that improves the marriage, or a wake-up call for her to realize it's not ever going to be what she wants and needs? VERDICT With believable characters and situations, including a plot that builds interest as Daphne evolves through her crisis, Lewis's second novel (after How Lucky You Are) is sure to appeal to fans of women's fiction. Book clubs will enjoy its many relatable issues for discussion.—Karen Core, Detroit P.L.

Library Journal