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Book Review of While I Was Gone

While I Was Gone
While I Was Gone
Author: Sue Miller
Genre: Literature & Fiction
Book Type: Paperback
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Jo Becker has a good life - loving husband, 3 daughters, and a beautiful home in rural Mass. Then, an old roommate reappears to bring back Jo's memories of her early 20's. Her obsession with that period of her life and with the crime that concluded it eventually estrange Jo from everything she holds dear, causing her to tell lie after lie as she is pulled closer to this man from her past - and a horrible secret.