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An intelligent and madly entertaining debut novel reminiscent of The Crying of Lot 49, White Noise, and City of Glass that is at once a missing-person mystery, an exorcism of modern culture, and a wholly singular vision of contemporary womanhood from a terrifying and often funny voice of a new...

In a quiet North Carolina town in 1968, a seventeen-year-old girl’s life is forever changed when a summer romance leads to an unplanned pregnancy. She is sent to an abusive “maternity home,” where she is shamed and deceived into signing adoption papers.

After more than a decade away, Kris Winter's return to his hometown is stirring up a storm. Seeking redemption, he aims to mend the broken bond with Kelly Fraser, his childhood best friend and the one woman he's never been able to forget.

Julie Mercer donated her eggs to help her brother and sister-in-law conceive via in-vitro fertilization, never expecting a few years later, she would have to take full responsibility for those children after they lose their parents in a car accident. Julie never wanted kids of her own, and now she suddenly needs to make room in her small apartment for four-year-old twins who thrust additional challenges at her as they work through their grief and trauma. With Lucy throwing intense tantrums and Mikey not talking at all, Julie doubts her ability to raise her niece and nephew as her own.

Bangkok, 1974. Den 22-årige Alexa Wu arbejder som gogodanser, mens hun drømmer om at blive topmodel og rejse verden rundt. Hun har trodset sine konservative forældre i New York og lever et selvstændigt liv med skiftende elskere og løsslupne fester i den lyserøde villa. The Hamptons, 1995. Eks-model Alexa Wu har inviteret sine ungdomsvenner på besøg. De skal spise middag og genoplive gamle minder fra diskotidens Bangkok. Tror de. For hvad skete der egentlig dengang i halvfjerdserne, hvor kærligheden var fri? Alle er nysgerrige efter at høre sandheden om Alexa Wu og hendes elskere...