I was immediately drawn into the story of Frances Godwin. It’s 2006 and Frances Godwin’s Latin program is being phased out and forcing her retirement from Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois. She chooses Do Not Resuscitate before a routine hernia surgery because she feels that her story is over. But, of course, the rest of her life is full of surprises including a desperate act that haunts her.

Each chapter features a significant event in Frances life. For example, as the novel begins, Frances is a college student having an affair with a married professor. She breaks it off and is planning a trip to Rome for a Latin course. Her Catholic mother is distraught that her daughter has a mortal sin on her soul as she crosses the ocean. Frances is an unforgettable and witty narrator struggling to validate her life after committing a crime she fears will define her for the rest of her life.

--Reviewed by Connie R.

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