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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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While I Was Gone is a 1999 novel by Sue Miller. It was chosen as an Oprah's Book Club selection in May 2000. [1] Background. Miller conceived of While I Was Gone while in the middle of writing a memoir of her father's battle with Alzheimer's disease.
- Sue Miller
- 1999
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
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- Ballantine Books
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 dear at risk.
A woman's past and present collide as she revisits a dark secret from her youth in this gripping and poignant novel by Sue Miller. Read the book description, reviews, author Q&A, and more on the official website of Penguin Random House.
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Aug 26, 2008 · A woman's life unravels when she reconnects with an old housemate and faces the darkest moment of her past. While I Was Gone is a suspenseful and poignant story of love, betrayal, and forgiveness by a beloved American writer.
Jan 19, 1999 · 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 dear at risk. In expert strokes, Sue Miller captures the precariousness of even the strongest ties, the ease with which we abandon each other, and our need to be forgiven.
