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2000s: As far as the world’s concerned, she’s already dead…
When The Lights Go Out
What you need to know before your trail
Jessie Sloane is getting her life back on track after caring for her sick mother. But she’s stopped short when she discovers, that according to official records, ‘Jessie Sloane’ died seventeen years ago.
Thrown into turmoil and questioning everything she’s ever known, Jessie’s confusion is exacerbated by a relentless lack of sleep. Stuck in a waking nightmare and convinced she’s in danger, she can no longer tell what’s real and what she’s imagined.
Twenty years ago, another woman’s split-second decision may hold the key to Jessie’s secret history. Has her whole life been a lie? The truth will shock her to the core…if she lives long enough to discover it
Travel Guide
Egg Harbor, WI
The settings don’t really play much of a part in the novel but act as a background.
Egg Harbor, Wisconsin
Egg Harbor is a village in Door County, Wisconsin. In 2010, the population was 201 so it’s a small place and ideal for a novel about despair and loneliness. It’s where much of the story takes place.
Chicago
A city where Jessie lives for a time, but where the anguish and tension of her situation seems to match the chaos going on inside her:
“It’s no secret that Chicago is the alley capital of the country, with over a thousand miles of shadowy backstreets. The kind of darkened corridors where people like to hide their trash and vermin, and nobodies like me.”
“Morning traffic as always is a mess. Millions of people move this way and that like cattle in a cattle drive.”
Booktrail Boarding Pass: When The Lights Go Out
Destination : Egg Harbor, Chicago Author/Guide: Mary Kubica Departure Time: 1996
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