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A masterful novel about how our choices continue to haunt us long after we've made them from the author of The Manikin, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize.In the Public Relations Department of the New York Port Authority in 1958, Maggie Gleason is one of several extraordinary young women learning from the legendary Lee Jaffe. A renowned publicist in a man's world, Lee tries to show her charges that despite the obstacles in their way, they can lead fulfilling, successful lives. But when she takes Pauline Moreau and her daughter Sonia under her wing, no one can foresee the deadly consequences of a secret from the past that Pauline can't escape no matter how hard she tries. What Maggie discovers in the wake of Pauline's mysterious disappearance upends everything she thought she knew about work, love, family, and ambition.



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