A Long Time Gone - White, Karen
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From the New York Times bestselling author of the Tradd Street novels comes an enthralling southern gothic saga about one woman's quest for the truth...
When Vivien Walker left her home in the Mississippi Delta, she swore never to go back. But in the spring, nine years to the day since she d left, Vivien returns, fleeing from a broken marriage and her lost dreams for children.
What she hopes to find is solace with her dear grandmother who raised her, a Walker woman with a knack for making everything all right. Instead Vivien is forced into the unexpected role of caretaker, challenging…mehr

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From the New York Times bestselling author of the Tradd Street novels comes an enthralling southern gothic saga about one woman's quest for the truth...

When Vivien Walker left her home in the Mississippi Delta, she swore never to go back. But in the spring, nine years to the day since she d left, Vivien returns, fleeing from a broken marriage and her lost dreams for children.

What she hopes to find is solace with her dear grandmother who raised her, a Walker woman with a knack for making everything all right. Instead Vivien is forced into the unexpected role of caretaker, challenging her personal quest to find the girl she once was. But things will change again in ways Vivien cannot imagine. A violent storm has revealed the remains of a long-dead woman buried near the Walker home, not far from the cypress swamp that is soon to give up its ghosts.

Vivien knows there is now only one way to rediscover herself by uncovering the secrets of her family and breaking the cycle of loss that has haunted them for generations.

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Karen White is the New York Times bestselling author of more than twenty novels, including the Tradd Street series, The Night the Lights Went Out,  Flight Patterns, The Sound of Glass, A Long Time Gone, and The Time Between . She is the coauthor of The Forgotton Room with New York Times  bestselling authors Beatriz Williams and Lauren Willig. She grew up in London but now lives with her husband and two children near Atlanta, Georgia.
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This multi-generational family saga is a book you could get lost in. Delta Magazine

This southern saga of life in Mississippi is one of White's best. The Huffington Post

Gothic gold. The Atlantan

Emotionally satisfying. Kirkus Reviews

Something for almost everyone: betrayal, murder, history, family secrets, and a little romance. Readers will find it difficult to put this one down. Library Journal

Karen White s best novel to date Use your vacation reading to escape and immerse in this world White has so deftly created. It s so real that it s hard to leave at the end. The Herald-Sun

White s latest unforgettable page-turner features a murder-mystery masterpiece from the past that lures and captivates the reader. Her colorful narrative is melodious and haunting, and gives a Tennessee Williams-like aura to the awesomely depicted places and all of her impeccably played and fantastic characters. Brava! RT Book Reviews

Something for almost everyone: betrayal, murder, history, family secrets, and a little romance. Readers will find it difficult to put this one down. Library Journal