
Tragedy hits the Carr family, leaving them all reeling and Shea wondering if she is really happy with the way her life is going.īreaking up with her slacker boyfriend, Shea finds encouragement from Coach Carr and decides to look beyond Walker to expand her life. He and his wife served as a second set of parents to Shea after her own parents divorced and her mother had a breakdown.

Her best friend Lucy’s father, Clive Carr, is the head coach of the Walker college football team, a legend within both the coaching and local communities. The thought of leaving her beloved hometown never even occurred to her. After graduating from college, she even decided to stay in town and work in the athletic department at her alma mater. Shea Rigsby has lived in Walker, Texas her entire life.


The One & Only by Emily Giffin is a book about family, whether it be your biological family or the family that you are raised with.
