Holly Goddard Jones
A debut novel by award-winning author Holly Goddard Jones, about the people surprisingly connected to the discovery of a dead womanâ€™s body in a small town.,Thirteen-year-old Emily Houchens doesnâ€™t have many friends. She finds more comfort playing make-believe in the woods near her house in Roma, Kentucky, than with her classmates, who find her strange and awkward. When she happens upon a dead body hidden in the woods one day, she decides not to tell anyone about her discoveryâ€”a choice that begins to haunt her.,Susanna Mitchell has always been a good girl, the dutiful daughter and wife. While her older sister Ronnie trolled bars for men and often drove home at sunrise, Susanna kept a neat house, a respectable job, a young daughter. But when Ronnie goes missing, and Susanna realizes that sheâ€™s the only person in Roma who truly cares about her sisterâ€™s fate, she starts to question her quiet life and its value.,The Next Time You See Me, is the story of how one womanâ€™s disappearance exposes the ambitions, prejudices, and anxieties of a small southern town and its residents, who are all connected, sometimes in unexpected ways. Emily; Susannah; Tony, a failed baseball star-turned-detective, aspiring to be the countyâ€™s first black sheriff; and Wyatt, a fifty-five-year-old factory worker tormented by a past he canâ€™t change and by a love he doesnâ€™t think he deserves. Their stories converge in a violent climax that reveals not just the mystery of what happened to Ronnie but all of their secret selves.
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The Next Time You See Me