The Family Across the Street by Nicole Trope

The Nowhere Girl

I open the last message. It’s just a single line. One sentence. Five words, black letters spelling out my guilt. I know what you did.

If you passed Alice on the street, you couldn’t help but smile. At how she holds hands with her husband, Jack. At the adoring way she admires her three beloved boys.

But if you looked very closely, you’d see how tightly she holds Jack’s hand, afraid to let go. You’d see how her smile can fade in a matter of seconds. You’d see pain behind her chestnut-brown eyes.

Alice has created this life out of the broken pieces of her childhood. She has told Jack that she ran away from home when she was little – but she didn’t tell him the whole story. She’s never told anyone the whole story. The truth is simply too awful to say out loud.

And then she receives a message. After a lifetime of fresh starts, her past is spelled out in five accusing words. I know what you did. Her secret is no longer a secret.

Someone knows what Alice did. And now the family she loves so desperately is in danger.

This utterly heartbreaking, beautifully written and gripping family drama examines just how far we are willing to go for our loved ones, and the desperate decisions we make when we have no other choice. Fans of Jodi Picoult, Kerry Fisher and Liane Moriarty will be blown away by this incredibly moving tale.

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