One of the books that I started before I left for Chicago and finished on my trip (when there isn't a house to clean, a family to spend time with or things to cook) was Night Road by Kristin Hannah. Hannah has written many novels and they are all now on my "to-read" Goodreads list.
This book I think is really broken up into two parts. The first part follows Jude, a mother of twins Mia and Zach, through the high school years. Jude is the kind of mother she wishes she would have had and is definitely what would be considered a "helicopter" mom. Another young girl, Lexi who has a sad past, moves into town and is forever intertwined with Jude, Mia and Zach.
The second part of the book follows the characters after a horrible tragedy has struck. While the first part of the book was great (there was a bit of heavy-handedness about underage drinking that took me out of the book), the second part of the book was amazing. I stayed up until 2 in the morning (which wasn't wise considering a two hour time difference and an early morning wake up call) because I just could not stop turning the pages. I HAD to find out what happened.
I had puffy eyes the next morning from the late night and the amount of crying I did but it was so worth it. Looking again at the cover gives me chills and makes me want to read it all over again.
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