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2023 National Indie Excellence Awards Winner in Contemporary Fiction
2023 National Indie Excellence Awards Finalist in Literary Fiction
2023 Readers' Favorite Book Awards Silver Medalist in Fiction (Drama)
KATE WHITTIER has it all: a loving, even-keeled husband, two great kids, and a beautiful home in Southern California. But Kate is living a lie. In a desperate attempt to create the safe, happy family she never had, she has been hiding secrets for decades—things she's convinced make her unworthy of her wellborn husband, Jacob, and the privileged life he has provided.
Then, one ordinary evening, Jacob confesses to a drunken sexual indiscretion he doesn't quite remember, and Kate cracks open. Molten memories rise to the surface. Volatile emotions swirl. Triggered in ways she didn't see coming, Kate is overwhelmed by rage she cannot explain and fear of who she might become.
Her marriage unraveling, Kate returns to her childhood home, hoping to find closure. Instead, as the past invades the present and relationships collide, Kate discovers she's not the only one lying—and the truth may not set anyone free.
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- ISBN: 9781647423803
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- ISBN: 9781647423803
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June 1, 2022
A woman's seemingly perfect life unravels in this debut novel that explores what happens when past traumas resurface. Kate Whittier, nee Barton, lives in a "Southern California movie script"--a dream life with her wealthy husband, Jacob, and their two children, Becca and Logan. But tensions arise when Jacob comes home after a debauched evening unable to recollect exactly what happened but convinced that he and his wife should be tested for sexually transmitted infections. Kate's positive HPV result, after years of fidelity to her husband, seems to confirm the one-off affair. With her marriage now under serious pressure, Kate feels that her position in her haute social world is precarious. In a circle that focuses so much on pedigree, Kate's traumatic and abject past threatens to undo the life that she has built. Zadeik's novel is not really about the strained relationship between Kate and Jacob. Rather, their knotty bond becomes a catalyst for Kate's coming to terms with her past and present. While her husband's infidelity sours their unity, that betrayal is not what haunts Kate in the form of waking nightmares and horrifying memories, or what will keep readers glued to the page. What troubles Kate are the unseemly characters of her past--her villainously cruel brother, Daniel, and their drunken father. Kate's past and present become like a Russian nesting doll of grief, where the glossy surface projects a beautiful, polished version of herself. But underneath are all the iterations of the protagonist and the various grotesque experiences she suffered at the hands of her brother and his loathsome friends. When Daniel reenters Kate's rocky life, the effect is truly riveting, and readers will be left wondering if she can ever truly escape her past. The author's tale is as chilling as it is affecting. With a cast that includes the intriguing and mysterious Ryan, who becomes Kate's main source of emotional support, the story will keep readers wanting to learn more about the protagonist's past and her new possibilities (perhaps involving a new man?) for the future. A hypnotic page-turner about the frightening haziness between past and present.COPYRIGHT(2022) Kirkus Reviews, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
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