Anita Shreve, Rescue

Peter Webster is a rookie paramedic when he pulls a young woman out of a car wreck that should have killed her.  Sheila haunts his thoughts, and despite his misgivings, Peter is soon embroiled in an intense love affair.  Nineteen years later, Sheila is long gone and Peter is raising their daughter, Rowan, alone—until a phone call from Sheila alters their quiet existence, bringing long-buried questions back to the surface.  A story about trespass and forgiveness, secrets and the seismic force of the truth, Rescue is a masterful portrayal of a family trying to understand its own fractured past and begin again. 

Anita Shreve is the acclaimed author of 15 previous novels, including A Change in Altitude, Testimony, and The Pilot's Wife, which was an Oprah Book Club selection.