Eileen Goudge

PROLOGUE ©o GREENHAVEN, GEORGIA, 1982 The last day at 337K Vermeer Road began like any other. Abigail's mother rose before dawn and headed over to the main house to make breakfast. It was a Sunday in August, and Mr. Meriwhether liked to cat early on weekends in order to take his morning ride...

Prologue California: 1954 Dolly Drake got oiF the bus at Sunset and Vine. In the heat-shimmery air the sidewalk seemed to heave as she stepped down onto it in an almost seesawing motion, as if she were standing on the deck of a ship at sea. Her stomach pitched and her head throbbed. Before her...