She Taught Me Everything

The phone rings in the middle of the night. It's that the one we all dread: someone we love has been a car wreck.

Nicola Jones doesn’t hesitate when her beloved, charismatic older sister Viv is left widowed and unconscious. The 26-year-old artist drops everything to get to her sister. After all, the two of them are all they have for family since their parents abandoned them when Viv was in high school. It’s always been the two of them against the world.

They did pretty well too—Viv’s determination and planning got them through their childhood, sending Viv to med school and into a successful marriage and a surgical practice in Nashville. Nicola’s choices have been less traditional, but she loves her itinerant life as a mural painter.

Before that midnight phone call, Nicola would have said that she knew her sister better than anyone, but she quickly discovers that Viv has been hiding one astonishing secret after another.

Set in 1993, She Taught Me Everything explores the family secrets, the unshakable bond between sisters, and the difficult choices that can redefine the entire shape of a family

Winner of the 32nd Annual Writer's Digest Annual Self-Published Book Award in Literary/Mainstream Fiction.