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Susan Kearney was every thing people wanted in a widow – lovely, blonde and broken. After Sean died, her picture was blasted around the world walking along the endless wall of endless flyers of missing moms, sons, husbands and sisters. But not all marriages are fairy tales and secrets don't die with the dead. It will mark her forever, that day, like faint blue numbers on old Jewish skin.

Running aimlessly from Manhattan, she finds herself in a small southern town on the fifth anniversary of Sean's death. Susan is lost in the madness of her memories, until an abandoned puppy and unlikely friend help her reveal her secrets and finally leave the day behind.

Susan is a heartbreaking train-wreck and Jolene, her unlikely savior in overalls, will make you laugh out loud. As the timeline ticks between present and past, the horror of September 11th is woven into the real lives of two real people, one who died and one who came back to life.