How to be Alive Author:Mary Chris Escobar College sweethearts, Jen and Tanner, have big plans laid out for themselves. World travel and the next great American novel are surely just within their reach, as soon as they escape Parktown College and its small town life. Their engagement, as graduation looms, seems like the perfect end to their college career and the start of their adventu... more »re together. Fast forward eight years and everyone is achieving their dreams, except Jen. Still unmarried and stuck in the same small town, the only thing she's writing is course recommendations for the students she advises at her alma mater. As Tanner toils away in the family business, their old dreams fade. With all remnants of the old plan stripped away, Jen is forced to figure out exactly what she wants in life and how to move forward. Through a series of unexpected turns and old flames reignited, Jen finally learns the one thing they didn?t teach her at Parktown?« less