Publisher's Synopsis
Saint or Sinner?
So Much Good in the Worst of Us is the long-awaited sequel to bestselling author Cheryl Robillard's debut novel So Much Bad in the Best of Us. The novel continues to follow Lolo as she inherits her father's business in a small mid-west town in the 1960s and early 70s.
Lolo is a young woman plagued by innumerable abuses and loss since childhood which has left her mentally unbalanced. While carrying the guilt of killing her mother in childbirth, and then her father in a final fit of rage and retribution, she struggles to find love and acceptance.
She'll do whatever it takes to survive, even if that means moral transgressions. Lolo outwardly veils the depths of her suffering with alcohol, humor, chutzpah, and cunning acts of deception. She struggles within as she fights a battle for her very soul; a battle she realizes she may be losing. Will she kill again to save a friend or keep her business from the clutches of a desperate woman and a beautiful child who has her father's eyes? Can she quiet the voice telling her they must go?
When her lost love returns after disappearing for years with secrets of his own, she is faced with life decisions that will change everything. Is love an illusion or will it be her salvation?
