Everyone Else's Girl

"Exactly ten days after I'd come back to care for my dad, it occurred to me that I had turned into a housewife. Here I was, an angry and bitter housewife with perfectionist leanings and early signs of obsessive-compulsive disorder. Not just any housewife, then. My mother. Kill me now..."

Meredith McKay has gone to a lot of trouble to create the picture-perfect life for herself-far away from her troublesome family, thank you. But when her father's car accident forces her back to her New Jersey hometown, she discovers that there's no running away from family issues-there's only delaying the inevitable. Can anyone sort out a lifetime of drama in one hot summer? Soon Meredith is having a blast from the past-the scorched earth kind-complete with contentious family members, a best friend turned enemy turned sister-in-law-to-be, and a hot guy from back in high school. Now, with one revelation after another coming to light, Meredith must reexamine everything she's ever believed. After living for others for so long, could it be that she isn't the picture-perfect good girl she always thought she was?