When We Were Worthy by Marybeth Mayhew Whalen
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Wowza. The VERY best book I’ve read all year. I feel like I need to sit and digest it before I’m ready to leave it behind.
Taking place in a small town where football rules, the story outlines the lives of four women after the death of three high school cheerleaders. One of the girls feels she should have been in the car with them except she was doing something terrible at the time. One is the mom of the boy who was driving the car that hit the girls. One is the mom of one of the girls. One is a high school substitute teacher who is targeted by the football players and loses her family because of it.
This is such a good book I didn’t want to go to sleep until I had finished it. I can’t recommend it more!