{"product_id":"when-she-was-gone-paperback","title":"When She Was Gone - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGwendolen Gross\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTom Perotta's \u003ci\u003eLittle Children \u003c\/i\u003emeets Alice Sebold's \u003ci\u003eThe Lovely Bones \u003c\/i\u003ein this suspenseful and beautifully wrought story of a seventeen-year-old girl who vanishes on the eve of her departure for college, as told through the alternating perspectives of her neighbors.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eW\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ehat happened to Linsey Hart? \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eWhen the Cornell-bound teenager disappears into the steamy blue of a late-summer morning, her quiet neighborhood is left to pick apart the threads of their own lives and assumptions. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLinsey's neighbors are just ordinary people--but even ordinary people can keep terrible secrets hidden close. There's Linsey's mother, Abigail, whose door-to-door searching makes her social-outcast status painfully obvious; Mr. Leonard, the quiet, retired piano teacher with insomnia, who saw Linsey leave; Reeva, the queen bee of a clique of mothers, now obsessed with a secret interest; Timmy, Linsey's lovelorn ex-boyfriend; and George, an eleven-year-old loner who is determined to find out what happened to his missing neighbor. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs the days of Linsey's absence tick by, dread and hope threaten to tear a community apart. This luminous new novel by the acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eThe Orphan Sister \u003c\/i\u003eexplores coming of age in the shadows of a suburban life, and what is revealed when the light suddenly shines in. . . .\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eGwendolen Gross is the author of five critically acclaimed novels, including \u003ci\u003eThe Orphan Sister\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Other Mother\u003c\/i\u003e. She has worked with porcupines and kinkajous as a science demonstrator, on mountain tops as a naturalist, as an editor, opera singer, writing instructor, and mom. She lives in Northern New Jersey with her husband, daughter, and son.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.79 x 8.23 x 5.37 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 19, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52584563376421,"sku":"9781451684742","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0987\/2487\/2485\/files\/YN9qBUKLcl9781451684742.webp?v=1781595653","url":"https:\/\/c4lhome.com\/products\/when-she-was-gone-paperback","provider":" Companion for Life Five Home","version":"1.0","type":"link"}