Between Here and April

Author: Copaken Kogan Deborah

Brand: Algonquin Books

Edition: 1

Number Of Pages: 304

Details: Review

“Extraordinary . . . fascinating and detailed . . . this is a story that needs to be told.”―Elle
―USA Today

“A captivating thriller.”―More magazine ―Rocky Mountain News

“Outstanding . . . a haunting eyes-wide openness.”―Daily Candy―The Washington Post

“An amalgamation of autobiography, true crime and melodrama. . . . The story is so engaging… a credit to this narrator’s wonderfully appealing voice: funny, frustrated, likable, totally candid about her desires and failings…The perfect book club book.”―Washington Post―USA Today

“…a page-turning good read…A tautly written story with sympathetic characters and evocative storytelling.” –USA Today―Elle Magazine

“This exceptional, riveting novel will haunt you long after you’ve reached the end.”―Rocky Mountain News ―Working Mother

“The perfect book club book…An amalgamation of autobiography, true crime and melodrama…The story is so engaging…A credit to this narrator’s wonderfully appealing voice: funny, frustrated, likable, totally candid about her desires and failings.” ―The Washington Post

“A page-turning good read…A tautly written story with sympathetic characters and evocative storytelling.” ―USA Today

“Extraordinary…Fascinating and detailed…This is a story that needs to be told.” ―Elle, #1 Reader’s Pick

“[A] haunting page-turner…A compelling look at what it means to be a mother and a wife.” ―Working Mother

Product Description

When a deep-seated memory suddenly surfaces, Elizabeth Burns becomes obsessed with the long-ago disappearance of her childhood friend April Cassidy. Driven to investigate, Elizabeth discovers a thirty-five-year-old newspaper article revealing the details that had been hidden from her as a child-shocking revelations about April’s mother, Adele.Elizabeth, now herself a mother, seeks out anyone who might help piece together the final months, days, and hours of this troubled woman’s life, but the answers yield only more questions. And those questions lead back to Elizabeth’s own life: her own compromised marriage, her increasing self-doubt and dissatisfaction, and finally, a fearsome reckoning with what it means to be a wife and mother.

From the Inside Flap

When a deep-rooted memory suddenly surfaces, Elizabeth Burns becomes obsessed with the long-ago disappearance of her childhood friend April Cassidy. Driven to investigate, Elizabeth discovers a thirty-five-year-old newspaper article revealing the details that had been hidden from her as a child—shocking revelations about April’s mother, Adele.

Elizabeth, now herself a mother, tracks down the people who knew Adele Cassidy and who thought that they knew what was going through her mind before she committed that most incomprehensible of crimes. She seeks out anyone who might help piece together the final months, days, and hours of this troubled woman’s life—from Adele’s former neighbor to her psychiatrist to her sister.

But the answers are more elusive than any normal investigation can yield, the questions raised are difficult to contemplate. In fact, the further into the story Elizabeth digs, the more she is forced to accept that she and Adele might not be so different.

Elizabeth’s exploration thus leads her ultimately back to herself: her compromised marriage, her increasing self-doubt, her desire for more out of her career and her life, and finally to a fearsome reckoning with what it means to be a wife and mother.

From the Back Cover

When a deep-rooted memory suddenly surfaces, Elizabeth Burns becomes obsessed with the long-ago disappearance of her childhood friend April Cassidy. Driven to investigate, Elizabeth discovers a thirty-five-year-old newspaper article revealing the details that had been hidden from her as a child shocking revelations about April s mother, Adele.
Elizabeth, now herself a mother, tracks down the people who knew Adele Cassidy and who thought that they knew what was going through her mind before she committed that most incomprehensible

Release Date: 03-11-2009

Package Dimensions: 23x206x295