Old Flame Stacy McAnulty and its plan is to

and its plan is to punish all monsters for their past crimes

As she unravels her past and faces her future

Her greatest desire is to share that everyone was created with love and has value in the world

shoplifts a bathing suit for him--and ends up in the local newspaper indicted as a crazed

Old Flame Stacy McAnulty and its plan is toThis enthralling (The New York Times Book Review) and introspective, energetic novel (Booklist) explores what it means to be a woman in her many forms daughter, friend, partner, lover, and mother from the acclaimed author of Tuesday Nights in 1980. Emily writes for women's catalogs for a living, but she'd rather be writing books. She has a handsome photographer boyfriend, but she actively wonders how and when they will eventually hurt each other. Her