A Long Time Gone

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4.0
28 reviews
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432
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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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4.0
28 reviews
Roma Seiker
June 13, 2014
The first chapters of this book contain so many unnecessary analogies that it became irritating. It read like an amateur homage to To Kill a Mockingbird. However, once the author settles into the rhythm of telling the story, it becomes a satisfying read.
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greylady 2
July 8, 2016
I really enjoyed this. I like how the story was told, with each main character having their own voice. It was an easy summer read
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Vickie Wolfe
October 4, 2015
A wonderful mystery about we will do out of love and misunderstandings.
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About the author

Karen White is the New York Times bestselling author of more than twenty novels, including the Tradd Street series, The Night the Lights Went OutFlight PatternsThe Sound of GlassA 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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