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I'll Be You by Janelle Brown

Two identical twin sisters and former child actors have grown apart--until one disappears, in this cleverly crafted and psychologically nuanced (Time) suspense novel from the New York Times bestselling author of Pretty Things.

An addictive thriller that will keep readers burning through pages . . . sneakily hypnotic.--Los Angeles Times

ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The New York Public Library, PopSugar

You be me, and I'll be you, I whispered.

As children, Sam and Elli were two halves of a perfect whole: gorgeous identical twins whose parents sometimes couldn't even tell them apart. They fell asleep to the sound of each other's breath at night, holding hands in the dark. And once Hollywood discovered them, they became B-list child TV stars, often inhabiting the same role.

But as adults, their lives have splintered. After leaving acting, Elli reinvented herself as the perfect homemaker: married to a real estate lawyer, living in a house just blocks from the beach. Meanwhile, Sam has never recovered from her failed Hollywood career, or from her addiction to the pills and booze that have propped her up for the last fifteen years.

Sam hasn't spoken to her sister since her destructive behavior finally drove a wedge between them. So when her father calls out of the blue, Sam is shocked to learn that Elli's life has been in turmoil: her husband moved out, and Elli just adopted a two-year-old girl. Now she's stopped answering her phone and checked in to a mysterious spa in Ojai. Is her sister just decompressing, or is she in trouble? Could she have possibly joined a cult? As Sam works to connect the dots left by Elli's baffling disappearance, she realizes that the bond between her and her sister is more complicated than she ever knew.

I'll Be You shows Janelle Brown at the top of her game: a story packed with surprising revelations and sharp insights about the choices that define our families and our lives--and could just as easily destroy them.

Janelle Brown is a freelance journalist who has worked as a senior writer for Salon and has written for the New York Times, Vogue, Wired, Elle, and Self, among other magazines. She and her spouse live in Los Angeles. It's her debut novel, and it's a good one.

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ISBN 13 9780525479185
ISBN 10 052547918X
Title I'll Be You
Author Janelle Brown
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Random House USA Inc
Year published 2022-04-26
Number of pages 352
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.