Some falls leave you broken. Others leave you ready to rebuild. Carl Anderson is a ghost in his own life. Ten years after a tragic accident stole his daughter and condemned him to a life of suffocating guilt, he exists in a haze of whiskey and self-loathing. His only interactions are with the town sheriff who refuses to give up on him and the abusive neighbor he occasionally antagonizes. Carl is past rock bottom—he's buried in it, and he's determined to stay there. Kate Bowman is running. Fleeing an abusive husband and a life that collapsed around her, she arrives in a sleepy small town with her perceptive young daughter, Sarah, hoping for anonymity and a fresh start. But the past has a long shadow, and peace is hard to find when you're terrified of being found. When Sarah's fearless compassion leads her to befriend the town drunk, their lives become inextricably linked. Carl is forced to confront the man he used to be, and Kate must learn to trust a man who is just as broken as she is. As their individual crises converge, they find that the path to redemption might not be walked alone. A profound and moving novel of grief, addiction, and the unexpected connections that bring us back to life, Past Rock Bottom is for anyone who believes that even the most shattered pieces can be used to build something new.