"If we refuse to learn from our mistakes, we are doomed to repeat them, every time." This is Mel's advice to Gentry after his spectacular failure in Oregon, but Gentry isn't good at following advice. His latest attempt to outrun his mistakes has landed him in Oklahoma City, collapsed on a couch in front of the TV, drinking away his memories while his finances implode around him. Gentry finds himself desperately reaching out to the last person he wants to ask for help with anything. This unlikely savior sees Gentry through a week of confronting his past, repairing his present, and deciding how to face his future.In The Confession of Gentry, the second of the Gentry books, Karen G. Berry continues her multi-volume exploration of one man's attempts to live with his mistakes and memories.