The Undercurrent (e-book) (used book) | Sarah Sawyer | bookbook.eu

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An overwhelmed new mother gets entangled in the unsolved disappearance of a young girl from her Texas hometown--and unearths her own family's dark secret.

What sacrifices will a mother make to protect her own child?

Bee. It's 2011 and disoriented new mom Bee is living in Portland, Maine when Leo, her childhood crush and twin brother Gus' best friend, suddenly resurfaces to share news of Gus after years of silence. Bee's predictable life is upended, pushing her back to Texas to dig into an unsolved disappearance that seems connected to her own family's fracture.

Mary. Twenty years earlier, Mary feels trapped, her only escape the local community theater. Despite her efforts to be a perfect homemaker, Mary's lost her grip on her teenaged twins, Gus and Bee. Deeply lonely, Mary barely knows her neighbor, Diana--until a tragic discovery forces her to seek Diana's help.

Diana. Across the field, Diana, freshly divorced and facing an uphill battle as a woman in academia, worries constantly about her teenaged son, Leo, especially when a local girl goes missing.

Told in multiple perspectives with two different timelines, The Undercurrent is a gripping portrait of female longing, thwarted ambition, and buried secrets.