An escalating fight with her husband and Lizzy leaves the house for a late-night run to escape the words of goodbye she knows he's building to. But her life is irrevocably changed anyway when a hit-and-run driver plows into her, putting her life in critical danger.

She lies in the hospital for days, aware of visitors coming in and out of the room. Her husband's remorse is real and Lizzy fights to return to save her marriage. When she awakens, though, she can't seem to find her way back to reality. She's confused with images of her dead uncle, a priest who took her in after her parents were killed. Lizzy is convinced he "visited" her while she was unconscious, and her friends and husband become worried as she won't let go of the idea.

Whatever happened, Lizzy is re-examining her childhood, looking at the losses she suffered and how it has affected her life. As she begins to put pieces of a puzzle together, the implications change not just her history, but her future with her husband.

ANY BITTER THING is an examination that most of us don't want to make on our own lives. Reality is perception, right? And digging beyond those perceptions that change our memories and the foundations of who we've become today. Yet Lizzy plows into that unknown after almost dying, drawn inescapably to the truths of her past. The revelations and knowledge will change her world -- and it's a change that will challenge readers to follow along. Beautiful writing draws us into Lizzy's world, and pulls us along through her Maine childhood. You'll enjoy this thought-provoking book.