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While I Was Gone is a 1999 novel by Sue Miller. It was chosen as an Oprah's Book Club selection in May 2000.
- Sue Miller
- 1999
Jan 1, 1999 · Jo Becker has every reason to be content. She has three dynamic daughters, a loving marriage, and a rewarding career. But she feels a sense of unease. Then an old housemate reappears, sending Jo back to a distant past when she lived in a communal house in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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A decade ago she put a face on every mother's worst nightmare with her phenomenal best-seller The Good Mother. Now, Sue Miller delivers a spellbinding novel of love and betrayal that explores what it means to be a good wife.
May 12, 2000 · “[While I Was Gone] 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. . . .
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- Sue Miller
- $11.99
- Ballantine Books
Aug 22, 2020 · While I was gone. The murder of her best friend ended Jo's bohemian life in Cambridge. Now, thirty years later, Jo has everything - a loving family, work she loves, and a beautiful home. But when an old friend comes to town, the fabric of Jo's life begins to unravel.
"While I Was Gone" is an exquisitely suspenseful novel about how quickly and casually a marriage can be destroyed, how a good wife can find herself placing all she holds...
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As she is pulled farther from her present life, her husband, and her world, Jo struggles against becoming enveloped by her past and its dark secret.“[While I Was Gone] swoops gracefully between...
