Three Mothers

When seventeen-year-old Isla Richardson is killed in a hit-and-run, the lives of three mothers become entangled in unexpected ways. Abby, Isla's mother, faces her second major loss after her husband's death five years earlier. As she investigates what happened, she uncovers secrets about Isla's life that force her to reconsider everything she believed about her family. Abby's best friend Nicole finds the tragedy triggering a chain of events with serious consequences for her husband and two teenage sons. Meanwhile, Jenna fears that Isla's death will expose secrets about her own son's past—secrets she has worked hard to conceal to give him a better future. The tragedy brings the three women together but also threatens to divide their families. The novel explores friendship, family, social prejudice, and pressures facing young women, asking how well parents truly know their children and how far they will go to protect those they love. It concludes with a final twist.