Beautifully crafted novel by the renowned author of 'The World Below.
Thirty years ago Jo Becker's bohemian life ended when she found her best friend brutally murdered in the house they shared in Cambridge. Now Jo has everything: work she loves, a devoted husband, three grown daughters, and a beautiful home. But when an old friend settles in her small town, the fabric of her life begins to unravel and Jo hesitantly enters a relationship that returns her to the darkest moments of her past, imperilling all that she loves.
'While I Was Gone' is an exquisitely suspenseful novel about how casually a marriage can be destroyed, how a good wife can be taken by surprise by her own ability to place all she holds dear at risk. In expert strokes, Sue Miller captures the ease with which we abandon each other, and the gentleness and care with which we fight our way back. An extraordinary book from a much-loved American writer.
