Shake Down the Stars

When you?™re in trouble and sinking fast, whom do you call? Piper Nelson is stuck. She can?™t quite stay away from the husband she divorced. She isn?™t always attentive to the high school students she teaches. And even she admits that she?™s been drinking too much and seeking out unsuitable men. Piper?™s mother, married to a celebrity evangelist, and her sister, who's immersed in plans to wed a professional football player and star in a reality TV show, are both too self-absorbed to sympathize with Piper?™s angst. They tell her to get a grip. But how can Piper ever really recover from the blow she suffered five years ago, when a car accident took the life of her young daughter? When Piper?™s ex-husband announces that his new girlfriend is pregnant, Piper is forced to take stock. Realizing that it?™s time for a change is one thing, but actually making it happen is quite another. And despite what she thinks, Piper...