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The Act of Disappearing

A Novel

by Nathan Gower
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"Hauntingly beautiful."
—Fiona Davis, New York Times bestselling author of The Lions of Fifth Avenue
"A thrilling story, remarkably told."
—Lara Prescott, New York Times bestselling author of The Secrets We Kept
Julia White is struggling: her bartending job isn't cutting it and her first book has sold hardly any copies. She's broke, barely able to make ends meet while drowning in her late mother's medical bills and reeling after a one-night stand with her ex-boyfriend, who's now completely ghosted her. Enter Johnathan Aster, world-renowned photographer, with a proposal: he has a never-before-seen photograph of a woman falling from a train bridge, clutching what appears to be a baby. And he wants Julia to research the story.
Alternating between present-day Brooklyn and Kentucky as it enters the 1960s, the story unfolds as Julia races to find answers: Who was the woman in the photograph? Why was she on the bridge? And what happened to the baby? Each detail is more propulsive than the last as Julia unravels the mystery surrounding the Fairchilds of Gray Station and discovers a story more staggering than anything she could have imagined.

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  • Release date

    May 28, 2024

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      • ISBN: 9780369748515

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      • ISBN: 9780369748515
      • File size: 1186 KB

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Booklist

      April 15, 2024
      Julia White recently published a memoir about her mother, who died by suicide. On the three-year anniversary of her mother's death, Julia is working her bartending job in Brooklyn. Her ex-boyfriend, whom she hooked up with after her book-launch party, has been ignoring her texts. When an older man strikes up a conversation, Julia assumes he's just another drunk guy trying to buy her a drink. Instead, it's famous photographer Jonathan Aster, who read her book and wants her to write one for him. He shows her one of his photographs: a woman leaping from a train bridge into a swirling river in Kentucky. Aster wants Julia to uncover the woman's story. The Act of Disappearing follows Julia's contemporary story and a parallel one that begins in 1947, tracing the Fairchild family in Gray Station, Kentucky. From multiple perspectives, Gower considers the evolutions of mental health treatment, hereditary trauma, gender roles, family, and religious fervor. Neatly plotted, if long, his debut novel will also appeal to readers interested in historical fiction and multigenerational epics.

      COPYRIGHT(2024) Booklist, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

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