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Find me gone : a novel
\"1996. In a sleepy hamlet Belgian, residents are reeling from the disappearance of several young girls. Local students meet the devastating news with morbid fascination rather than fear--except for twelve-year-old Sophiewho has never truly felt safe. The only sense of security and belonging she has is when she's with her best friend Hannah. But when Hannah starts dating handsome Damiaan and drifting away, Sophie feels excluded and lashes out in panic. before the girls can reconcile, Sophie fails to return home after a school dance--and is never seen again. 2014. Hannah has become a successful columnist in New York City. But after years of documenting the revelries of the rich and famous, she craves a deeper subject. In an effort to reclaim herself and her writing, she gives up everything--her fiance, her job, her in-crowd friends--and retreats to Brooklyn to write a book about famous authors Agatha Christie, Barbara Follett, and Virginia Woolf, three women who struggled with family, loyalty, and ambition and each of whom vanished without a trace. Hannah's attempt to narrate these women's lives triggers memories she has long tried to surpress, and she's forced to confront the truth of what happened to Sophie all those years ago. Equal parts thriller and tender coming-of-age story, Find Me Gone takes the reader on a breathtaking journey from the Flemish countryside to the streets of New York. This debut crackles with suspense and will keep you on the edge of your seat until the very last page\"--Jkt.
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