A page-turning modern gothic about a marriage and road trip gone hauntingly awry A New York Times Book Review Editors\' Choice "Pittard deserves the attention of anyone in search of today\'s best fiction." -- Washington Post"Revelatory." -- The New Yorker " Listen to Me] gripped me completely and even gave me nightmares, which is high praise in my book." -- Chicago Tribune Mark and Maggie\'s annual drive east to visit family has gotten off to a rocky start.
Walsh, author of New York Times best-selling novel My Sunshine Away.
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I didn\'t want it to end " -- M.
It moves between its two characters\' inner lives as effortlessly as an Olympic swimmer strokes through water." -- Ann Beattie, Paris Review blog "A psychologically complex, addictive, and quick-moving read. "Pittard proves herself a master of ordinary suspense." -- New York Times "Listen to Me elides so many genres that it\'s Houdini-like, bursting through constraints.
But as Mark finds himself threatened in a dark parking lot, it\'s Maggie who takes control.
When the couple is forced to stop for the night at a remote inn completely without power, Maggie\'s paranoia reaches an all-time and terrifying high.
Adding to the stress, Maggie--recently mugged at gunpoint--is lately not herself, and Mark is at a loss about what to make of the stranger he calls his wife.
By the time they\'re on the road, it\'s late, a storm is brewing, and they are no longer speaking to each other.
A page-turning modern gothic about a marriage and road trip gone hauntingly awry A New York Times Book Review Editors\' Choice "Pittard deserves the attention of anyone in search of today\'s best fiction." -- Washington Post"Revelatory." -- The New Yorker " Listen to Me] gripped me completely and even gave me nightmares, which is high praise in my book." -- Chicago Tribune Mark and Maggie\'s annual drive east to visit family has gotten off to a rocky start