The forgotten girl

"The past has arrived uninvited at Jason Danvers's door . . . and it's his younger sister, Hayden, a former addict who severed all contact with her family as her life spiraled out of control. Now she's clean and sober but in need of a desperate favor--she asks Jason and his wife to take care of her...

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Main Author: Bell, David, 1969 November 17-
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York, New York : New American Library, [2014]
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Summary:"The past has arrived uninvited at Jason Danvers's door . . . and it's his younger sister, Hayden, a former addict who severed all contact with her family as her life spiraled out of control. Now she's clean and sober but in need of a desperate favor--she asks Jason and his wife to take care of her teenage daughter for forty-eight hours while she handles some business in town. But Hayden never returns. And her disappearance brings up more unresolved problems from Jason's past, including the abrupt departure of his best friend on their high school graduation night twenty-seven years earlier. When a body is discovered in the woods, the mysteries of his sister's life--and possible death--deepen. And one by one these events will shatter every expectation Jason has ever had about families, about the awful truths that bind them and the secrets that should be taken to the grave. "-- Provided by publisher.
Item Description:Includes discussion questions.
Includes an excerpt from the author's Somebody I used to know.
Physical Description:435 pages ; 21 cm
ISBN:9780451417527 (paperback)
0451417526 (paperback)
Author Notes:David Bell is a USA Today bestselling, award-winning author whose work has been translated into multiple foreign languages. He's currently an associate professor of English at Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green, Kentucky, where he directs the MFA program. He received an MA in creative writing from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, and a PhD in American literature and creative writing from the University of Cincinnati. His novels include Layover , Somebody's Daughter , Bring Her Home , Since She Went Away , Somebody I Used to Know , The Forgotten Girl , Never Come Back , The Hiding Place , and Cemetery Girl .