Father’s Heartbreaking Memoir About Losing Daughter to Drunk Driver Is Changing Lives
Readers call it, “the most important book they’ll ever read.”
United States, 31st Jan 2026 – You think you understand drunk driving until you read this book. You think you know what it does until Jacob Blanchard puts you in the room when police walk down his driveway at dawn to tell him his daughter is dead. You think you’ve heard it all until you sit with him at a graveside 21st birthday party.
In the Messes She Left Behind is now available, and readers across the country are calling it life-changing. One reviewer wrote: “I put down my wine glass halfway through chapter three and haven’t picked it up before driving since.” Another said: “This should be required reading in every high school.”
The book chronicles Jacob’s journey from meeting Jillian’s mother at The Handlebar and Grill in 1997 to becoming a stepfather at 21, welcoming Jillian on April 26, 1999, and losing her on June 13, 2020.
“People are messaging me saying they’re having conversations with their teenagers they never had before,” Blanchard says. “They’re thinking twice before getting behind the wheel after even one drink. That’s Jillian’s legacy. That’s why I wrote this.”
About Jacob Blanchard
Jacob didn’t set out to write a bestseller. He set out to make his daughter’s death mean something. He’s distributed over 10,000 Act of Kindness cards and speaks at schools and MADD classes.
About the Book
In the Messes She Left Behind includes the victim impact statement and investigation proving Jillian’s innocence. Five raw chapters spanning 23 years.
Company Details
Organization: The Publishing Genie
Contact Person: Jacob Blanchard
Website: https://thepublishinggenie.com/
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Country: United States
Release Id: 31012640840