{"product_id":"when-she-was-gone-9781451684742","title":"When She Was Gone","description":"\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 \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. . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gwendolen Gross\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Gallery Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/19\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.54lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.23h x 5.37w x 0.79d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781451684742\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRomantic Times\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2013 pg. 50 - Excellent\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2013 pg. 21\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/18\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gallery Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44939211931763,"sku":"9781451684742","price":22.62,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_fb5fb300-1075-42d8-a8c0-d7e18fb898c0.jpg?v=1778251316","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/when-she-was-gone-9781451684742","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}