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A woman vanishes while hiking, leaving her husband and daughter on a quest for the truth about her past, their family, and the stories we tell ourselves about the people we love.
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Billie was a teenage runaway from Northern California who took up with a group of environmental activists wanted by the FBI. When she met Jonathan, a tech magazine editor and all around good guy, she settled easily into the life of an eco-conscious, stay-at-home suburban yoga mom. Now their daughter Olive needs less attention, so Billie throws herself into extreme sports-- marathons, scuba diving, rock climbs, solo hikes. On one of these expeditions Billie vanishes from the trail, and a year of intense mourning passes. Jonathan drinks; Olive grows remote. But then she starts having waking dreams, and Olive begins to believe her mother is still alive-- and in trouble.
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"T's been a year since Billie Flanagan--a Berkeley mom with an enviable life--went on a solo hike in Desolation Wilderness and vanished from the trail. Her body was never found, just a shattered cellphone and a solitary hiking boot. Her husband and teenage daughter have been coping with Billie's death the best they can: Jonathan drinks as he works on a loving memoir about his marriage; Olive grows remote, from both her father and her friends at the all-girls school she attends. But then Olive starts having strange visions of her mother, still alive. Jonathan worries about Olive's emotional stability, until he starts unearthing secrets from Billie's past that bring into question everything he thought he understood about his wife."--Page 4 of cover
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"A beautiful Berkeley mom with a radical past vanishes while hiking, leaving her family to piece together her secrets, in this keenly observed novel for readers of Emma Straub and Maria Semple--from the bestselling author of all We Ever Wanted Was Everything"--
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