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"A relevant, compelling, and compassionate look at the torture of conflicted loyalties and the slipperiness of truth." - Jenna Blum, New York Times bestselling author of Those Who Save Us and The Lost FamilyIn this evocative debut novel, Katrin Schumann weaves a riveting story of past and present - and how love can lead us astray.At twenty-four, Katie Gregory feels like life is looking up: she's snagged a great job in New York City and is falling for a captivating artist - and memories of her traumatic past are finally fading. Katie's life fell apart almost a decade earlier, during an idyllic summer at her family's cabin on Eagle Lake when her best friend accused her father of sexual assault. Throughout his trial and imprisonment, Katie insisted on his innocence, dodging reporters and clinging to memories of the man she adores.Now he's getting out. Yet when Katie returns to the shuttered lakeside cabin, details of that fateful night resurface: the chill of the lake, the heat of first love, the terrible sting of jealousy. And as old memories collide with new realities, they call into question everything she thinks she knows about family, friends, and, ultimately, herself. Now, Katie's choices will be put to the test with life-altering consequences.
About the Author
I was born in Freiburg, Germany and moved to Brooklyn when I was two. There I attended PS 8 (this was the "Free to Be You and Me" era) , where I could be spotted wearing a dirndl (mortified) . At age eleven, as the punk rock scene raged, my family moved to London where I went to an all-girls school and directed much of my energy on rebelling against my parents. I studied French and German Literature at Oxford and played Ice Hockey, winning a Half Blue, and then got a graduate degree in Journalism from Stanford University. Before settling in Boston, I lived with my growing family in Chicago, Washington DC and San Francisco, working part time in various capacities at National Public Radio. I was awarded the Kogan Media Award for my work as a producer.In addition to THE FORGOTTEN HOURS, I'm the author of numerous nonfiction books. My work has been featured on TODAY, Talk of the Nation and in The Times (London) , as well as other national and international media outlets... and I learned the hard way that orange is not a good color to wear on TV!For the past ten years I've been teaching writing, most recently at GrubStreet and at local prisons through PEN New England. I helped design and run Grub Street's innovative program for debut authors, "The Launch Lab." Each year I participate in The Muse and the Marketplace, voted the #1 Writing Conference in America by The Writer Magazine. I'm now the Program Coordinator of the Key West Literary Seminar and Workshops, and spend my winters in the sun.I've been granted fiction residencies at the Virginia Center for Creative Arts, the Norman Mailer Writer's Colony and the Vermont Studio Center, but, actually, my favorite place to write is all alone in a room with a window. I write a monthly column on GrubWrites and can be found at katrinschumann.com, and on Twitter and Instagram: @katrinschumann.
