Lily's Ghost — Cheryl Drake Harris

As a doctor in Vietnam, Lily survived unimaginable terror and loss. Now, safely ensconced in a close-knit Maine town and a seemingly comfortable marriage, she no longer needs to be afraid, but she is: afraid of light, afraid of sudden sounds, afraid of seeing the wide-eyed child of war who haunts her. So Lily is unprepared for the act of betrayal that threatens to take away the one thing she cannot live without: her young son. Plunged into a bitter custody battle, befriended by a man with a heartbreaking secret of his own, Lily must fight--to escape her own memories, to survive an uncertain future, and to protect, above all else, the love between a mother and child.

As powerful as Sue Miller's classic The Good Mother and as terrifying as any parent's worst nightmare, Lily's Ghost is a novel of extraordinary depth and grace by a dazzling new voice in fiction.