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A young woman whose toddler son was kidnapped believes she has begun to see ghosts – one of whom is her son. Her husband and friends start to think she’s crazy. The police start to think she’s guilty. A page-turning, genre-blending combination of Gone Girl, The Lovely Bones and The Sixth Sense.
PRAISE
“Beautifully dark, totally devastating and so riveting you might find yourself gripping the pages.”
—Caroline Leavitt, NYTimes bestselling author of Is This Tomorrow and Pictures Of You
“A rare novel that combines intrigue and suspense with so much heart. One of my favorite books of the year.”
—Sarah Pekkanen, NYTimes bestselling author of The Wife Between Us
“Twisty, psychologically deft and wildly original. It’ll have you guessing to the very end.”
—Megan Abbott, NYTimes bestselling author of You Will Know Me and Dare Me
“Even when you think you know where the story is headed, there is a twist you do not see coming. It will keep you reading well into the night.”
—Cathy Fiebach, Owner, Main Point Books
“Simmons hits all the right emotional notes (in this) wrenching ghost story.”
—Publishers Weekly
1. For Carrie, one of the most frustrating recurrences in the book is the unwillingness of her family and friends to believe that she has been visited by the dead. Have you ever had a supernatural experience? How did others react to your description of it?
2. How does Carrie’s past influence her relationship with John, and her choice of John as a husband? Do you think Ethan was a better match for her?
3. John and Carrie have very different ways of grieving their son’s kidnapping. Which do you relate to more?
4. Young women who give birth in secret, and are in denial about their pregnancies, are frequently in the news. Do you think Carrie was in denial about her pregnancy? Or about Ethan’s intentions the night she gave birth?
5. Many people return to their hometowns after college to raise their families there. In Carrie and John’s case, do you think this was a mistake?
6. Much of the novel is told from Carrie’s point of view. To what extent, given her supernatural experiences, does this make her an unreliable narrator?
7. Does the loss of Carrie and Ethan’s child foreshadow the loss of Carrie’s and John’s, and how?
8. It could be argued that there are multiple people stalking others in the book – the killer, John, the detectives, the ghosts. Discuss the themes of obsession, control, and privacy.
9. Spiritual, emotional, and intuitive advisors are sprinkled throughout this novel – from priests to therapists to psychics. What role did Dr. Kenney, Father Paul, Raina and Carrie’s grandmother each play to move the plot forward?
10. The metaphor of a clean vs. dirty car bookends the novel. What other metaphors or symbols did you find throughout the book?
11. As more and more dead people seem to appear in the novel, Carrie struggles to determine who may or may not be alive. Did you find yourself doing the same thing? What clues did you use to help decide who was alive and who was dead?