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While I Was Gone by Sue Miller

Riveting . . . The narrative pacing is masterly, building tension even in the most psychologically subtle passages. . . . While I Was Gone celebrate[s] what is impulsive in human nature. --CHRISTOPHER LEHMAN-HAUPT The New York Times
MILER WEAVES HER THEMES OF SECRECY, BETRAYAL AND FORGIVENES INTO A NARATIVE THAT SHINES. --Time FASCINATING . . . A NEW NOVEL OF GREAT INTEGRITY AND POWER . . . Despite having a loving husband, three vivacious daughters, a beautiful home in rural Massachusetts, and satisfaction in her work, Jo Becker's mind is invaded by a persistent restlessness. Then, an old roommate reappears to bring back Jo's memories of her early 20s. . . . Her obsession with that period of her life and with the crime that concluded it eventually estrange Jo from everything she holds dear, causing her to tell lie after lie as she is pulled closer to this man from her past--and to a horrible secret. --Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel MARVELOUS . . . POIGNANT . . . POWERFUL. --Seattle Times/Post Intelligencer
A BEAUTIFUL AND FRIGHTENING BOK . . . MANY READERS WIL FIND IT DIFICULT TO FORGET. . . . It swoops gracefully between the past and the present, between a woman's complex feelings about her husband and her equally complex fantasies--and fears--about another man. . . . I can think of few contemporary novelists--John Updike and Frederick Buechner are two others--who write so well about the trials of faith. --The New York Times Book Review QUIETLY GRIPING . . . Jo shines steadily as the flawed and thoroughly modern heroine. As in her 1986 novel, The Good Mother, Miller shows how impulses can fracture the family. --USA Today

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ISBN 13 9780345443281
ISBN 10 0345443284
Title While I Was Gone
Author Sue Miller
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Random House USA Inc
Year published 2000-05-12
Number of pages 304
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.