Is This Tomorrow

“Is This Tomorrow is the gripping tale of a boy gone missing in 1950s suburbia and of those whose lives are enveloped, tangled, and changed by the mystery: the missing boy’s sister, his best friend, and the divorced working-mom, who can’t fit into the neighborhood. With wit and a perfect eye into the human heart, Caroline Leavitt has given us a truly unique story of love, loyalty, loss, betrayal, secrets, healing—and a resolution, you’ll never see coming. It’s everything you want in a novel.”—Sue Monk Kidd, author of The Secret Life of Bees

“A beautiful, free-spirited divorcee is shunned by her neighbors; a boy from that neighborhood goes missing: this is the engine that drives Caroline Leavitt's latest story, a page-turner from first to last. I loved the way Levitt's Mad Men-like examination of shifting mid-century American values dovetails with her vivid tale of heartbreak and hope. An enthusiastic thumbs-up from this grateful reader.”
—Wally Lamb

“Caroline Leavitt's first historical novel, Is This Tomorrow, is a grand slam. Her attention to detail and dialogue are remarkable. The ratcheting tension as an Eisenhower era neighborhood searches for a missing boy--gripping. The resolution of the mystery years later . . . both heartbreaking and hopeful. I so admire Leavitt's ability to pull you into the story, tie you up, and leave you guessing. Until she masterfully guides you through the twists and turns towards home.”—Lesley Kagen, author of Good Graces

“Caroline Leavitt's Is This Tomorrow is an expertly rendered novel that poignantly chronicles the aftermath of a family's worst nightmare and its far-reaching devastation. At once haunting and elegant, Is This Tomorrow will leave the reader shattered and hopeful right up to the shocking end.”
—Heather Gudenkauf, author of The Weight of Silence