The Post

by Patricia Jones

Lauren Rawl is a professor in a small catholic college in the foothills of the Bighorn Mountains of Wyoming. She experiences a life changing event which involves her struggle to cope emotionally when she learns of her adult son's drug addiction, and the frustration of not being able to "fix" him, consensually or legally. After much urging, Lauren begins attending Al-Anon meetings and, with the support of other attendees and that of friends, she slowly is able to manage her feelings of shame, loss and helplessness. To further complicate Lauren's life, she becomes entangled in assisting law enforcement in investigating the disappearance of a female student in her department. Plus, she is drawn into a problematic relationship with a man whose wife is hospitalized in a coma.

348 pages, Paperback

First published January 31, 2014

About the author

Also known as P.A. Jones