Friends since earliest childhood, Annie, Jake, and Mason have a special bond. When Annie's parents die on the same night that she and Mason get married, the three friends decide to raise Annie's infant sister, Opal, together. Not surprisingly, their bonds of intimacy, already deeply entangled, become strained. As Annie struggles to be both a sister and a mother to Opal, and a wife and friends to Mason and Jake, events take on a momentum of their own. And then, one fateful night, the three friends goad each other into stepping over a line, with shocking, unforeseen consequences for each of them. Beautifully written and brilliantly vivid, The Worst Thing I've Done is a poignant voyage of self-discovery, resilience, and understanding that resonates long after each character's story is told.

Ursula Hegi is a winner of numerous honors and awards, including an NEA fellowship and five PEN syndicated fiction awards. She is the author of Intrusions, Unearned Pleasures, Floating in My Mother's Palm, Stones from the River, Salt Dancers, Tearing the Silence, The Vision of Emma Blau, Hotel of the Saints, and Trudi & Pia.