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Little by little, an amnesiac pieces together the truth about her Southern family, her old life, and a friend’s murder, in this engrossing novel of suspense. Waking up with amnesia in an Atlanta hospital, Cassie Barber-Davenport goes home to a life she doesn’t recognize. She gradually learns that her associations with neo-Confederates and white supremacists have left her estranged from her husband and alienated from her children. Cassie no longer wants to embrace these views—but breaking away from that world and from her wealthy Southern family is not so simple. Meanwhile, she still suffers confusion and disorientation—experiencing nightmares about an unknown Englishman; hearing from her friend Marcie that she apparently had been having an affair; being dismissed by the police after she’s awakened by a frightening phone call. Then a body is found—and a series of revelations brings Cassie’s past into sh

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Trapped between life and the afterlife, three women meet and share their stories while discovering the truth about the men in their lives—and about themselves. Suspended in an eerie state of limbo, an entity called the Gatekeeper tells Nikki, Ronnie, and Mrs. Hawthorne they are on the cusp of entering the afterlife—but only if the women can persuade him that in their earthly lives, they knew the meaning of love. Fragments of their memories return, plunging them back into their pasts, and forcing them to face the desires, disappointments, addictions, lies, and obsessions they battled in life. But before time runs out, will they find the answer to the ultimate question: what is love? “Darkly funny and completely compelling, with brilliantly flawed characters you can’t help rooting for, even when they’re bad.” —Frances Quinn, author of The Smallest Man “Utterly mind bl

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