The Book of Important Moments

A rape in Nigeria, a murder in Washington state... deeply engaging characters whose worlds clash and collide.

Married, pregnant, and happy, Ruth Rhodes is confronted by the man who raped her years earlier, and must come clean with herself and her husband while he negotiates the grief and mystery surrounding the murder of his own mother. The rapist, meanwhile, stands atop this narrative, telling his side of the story in diabolically captivating ways.