The patron saint of liars / Patchett, Ann

Rose comes to an unwed home for young mothers after her husband is killed in a car accident but she knows she will be unable to care for her child without his help. Yet by the time she delivers the baby she cannot go through with an adoption.

Rose, married for three years, decides she has made a mistake and leaves her husband, traveling from California to Kentucky to take up residence in a home for unwed mothers where she plans to have her baby and give it up for adoption, but she soon discovers life still holds some surprises.