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Fiction. As young adults growing up in Chattanooga, Tennessee, the three Nash sisters are still haunted by their mother's early death. Shannon, the middle sister, wants to be an investigative journalist. Paige, the youngest, wants to channel Bessie Smith, her mother's favorite singer. Claire, the oldest, desires stability through family and career. When their father is diagnosed with terminal cancer, the sisters cope with the loss in different ways. Recovering from divorce and the collapsing journalism industry, Shannon manages a bottom-feeder rag and considers having a child for her cousin and his lover, an Army veteran. After Paige is kicked out of her band, she becomes obsessed with a reclusive songwriter she wants to make famous against his will. Claire's family and career are threatened by her attraction to a new hire she supervises, an African American who ignites her passion for literature and the deeper questions it asks of her. But, when their family's uncovered secrets threaten all they've known, the sisters will have to choose between lives they've dreamed of and those they love. Inspired by Chekhov's Three Sisters with echoes of King Lear , WHILE YOU WERE GONE traces th

Who reads While You Were Gone?

Author

Baker, Sybil, author

Publisher

C&R Press, Conscious & Responsible

Published

2018

Language

EN

ISBN

9781936196586

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Fiction, Humanities

Rating

4.01 / 5 (91 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14