'A magnificent debut'
- CLARE LESLIE HALL, author of BROKEN COUNTRY
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'Intelligent and very moving'
- ROSIE PRICE, author of WHAT RED WAS
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'A truly sublime novel'
- HANNAH BEER, author of I MAKE MY OWN FUN
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'Delivers heartache, euphoria and the unfathomable puzzle of family with singular brilliance'
- SIERRA GREER, author of ANNIE BOT
IT’S THE 1990s AND SUSAN BLISS IS TORN BETWEEN TWO LIVES.
In New England, she’s a young mother, married to a history professor. In Los Angeles, she stars in Life and Times, a daily fixture on TV screens nationwide.
IT’S THE 2000s AND TWINS VIOLA AND SEBASTIAN HAVE NO IDEA OF THEIR MOTHER’S FAME.
But the past can’t stay hidden forever. As the siblings pursue the secrets their mother left behind, they spin off in different directions. While Sebastian heroizes their mother, Viola resents her for choosing a life other than theirs. But when she runs into her mother’s charismatic costar, Orson Grey, she finds herself falling deeply in love with a different version of the story. Sharp, assured, and beautifully written, Fallon’s debut is about love, grief, motherhood, and the different versions of ourselves we share with the world and with each other.