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From National Book Award finalist Deb Caletti comes an intensely gripping story about love, loss, marriage, and secrets.

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"What do you think happened to your husband, Mrs. Keller?"

The Sunday morning starts like any other, aside from the slight hangover. Dani Keller wakes up on her Seattle houseboat, a headache building behind her eyes from the wine she drank at a party the night before. But on this particular Sunday morning, she's surprised to see that her husband, Ian, is not home. As the hours pass, Dani fills her day with small things. But still, Ian does not return. Irritation shifts to worry, worry slides almost imperceptibly into panic. And then, like a relentless blackness, the terrible realization hits Dani: He's gone.

As the police work methodically through all the logical explanations—he's hurt, he's run off, he's been killed—Dani searches frantically for a clue as to whether Ian is in fact dead or alive. And, slowly, she unpacks their relationship, holding each moment up to the light: from its intense, adulterous beginning, to the grandeur of their new love, to the difficulties of forever. She examines all the sins she can—and cannot—remember. As the days pass, Dani will plumb the depths of her conscience, turning over and revealing the darkest of her secrets in order to discover the hard truth—about herself, her husband, and their lives together.

"Cassandra Campbell incarnates each character flawlessly, imbuing Dani with good-heartedness and innocence that befriends listeners." ---Library Journal Starred Audio Review

"Caletti makes a striking adult debut with this tale of a husband's mysterious disappearance. . . . Well-written, strongly characterized and emotionally complex fiction." ---Kirkus Starred Review

"As much a gripping emotional thriller as it is a book about love and relationships, Caletti's newest work will please old fans and garner new ones." ---Booklist

"Caletti makes her adult fiction debut with this examination of guilt, betrayal, and a suburban Seattle wife's desire to be perfect." ---Library Journal

"Cassandra Campbell ably handles the shifts between past and present. . . .it's tough to turn this audiobook off until one knows exactly what happened to the missing husband. " ---AudioFile
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He's Gone

Author Deb Caletti

Narrated by Cassandra Campbell

Publication date Jun 10, 2013

Running time 13 hrs

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