What is it about tiny Wondershore, Nebraska, that ensnares smart young women and won't let them go?
Jessica is horrified to discover a stash of erotica under her daughter's bed. She had such high hopes for Samantha, but lately, Sam has been ignoring her schoolwork and focusing on Tyler, her high school baseball-star boyfriend. When Sam announces she's giving up her scholarship to MIT to stay with Tyler, Jessica panics.
Jessica had made a similar mistake, giving up a Stanford scholarship and a career in professional golf for young love. Her mother did it too: marrying a man she met at a roadside fruit stand, giving up a promising career. Terrified that Sam will someday lament the dreams she's giving up, Jessie risks Sam's love to save her future, a gamble that could tear them apart forever.
Set amidst the wide-open prairies of north-central Nebraska, What She'd Do to Save You is a multigenerational story of motherhood, ambition, and the choices women face between the life they know and a rewarding but unpredictable future.