The Last Time I Was Me

Jeanne Stewart has left her life in Chicago behind. When she stops at an old cafe in Weltana, Oregon, to eat pancakes for the first time in twelve years, she has no idea she's also about to order up a whole new future. It's been barely a week since she had a spectacularly public breakdown in front of hundreds of the nation's most important advertising and PR people. There's no doubt that Jeanne had reason. Learning that her boyfriend was sleeping with other women shortly after her mother's death put her over the top. But it's how she creatively retaliated against him that resulted in assault charges.En route to her brother's house in Portland, Jeanne decides to spend time in picturesque Weltana. Staying at a B;B run by the eccentric, endearing Rosvita, she meets a circle of quirky new friends at her court-ordered Anger Management classes, all of whom are trying to become better, braver versions of themselves. Yet the most surprising discoveries are still to come . . .