On the surface, the prevalent question is, h ow far does a parent go to protect their child, but there are deeper questions: Did the Pryors risk more because they had more to lose? Not only did I explore the impact of wealth on the characters, but also the impact of their wealth on the reader: Do you feel empathy for them, or do you find yourself at a safe distance watching them implode? Please tell us what we need to know about your new book.ĪLEXANDRA BURT : Shadow Garden began as a thought experiment I wondered about all the complicated ways wealth messes with morals and how money impacts our sense of morality. Burt, your latest novel, Shadow Garden (Berkley), will be published this month. But when the lack of evidence casts doubt on her story, Estelle becomes the number one suspect in the eyes of the police and the media.Īs hope of reuniting with Mia becomes all she has left, Estelle will do anything to find answers: What has she done to her baby? And what has someone else done to her?LONE STAR LIT: Ms. Her diapers, her clothes, her bottles-all gone.įrustrated and unable to explain her daughter’s disappearance, Estelle begins a desperate search. There was no sign of a break-in, but all traces of seven-month-old Mia had disappeared. Then a terrifying reality sets in: her daughter is missing.ĭays earlier, Estelle discovered her baby’s crib empty in their Brooklyn apartment.
Like Girl on the Train and Gone Girl, Remember Mia is a riveting psychological suspense, exploring what happens when a young mother’s worst nightmare becomes devastatingly real…Įstelle Paradise wakes up in a hospital after being found near dead at the bottom of a ravine with a fragmented memory and a vague sense of loss.
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