Lost in Thought

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Pub Date Oct 22 2024 | Archive Date Not set

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Description

Ilana has an enviable job at the opera house, a committed relationship, and a cozy Greenwich Village apartment, but the questions inside of her are growing insistent. Is it due to her scientist boyfriend's research on how people make their decisions, or is she suffering suppressed grief from the death of her adoptive mother? She becomes curious about who she would be if she'd grown up in her birth home. Is she truly who she thinks she is? Has she ever freely chosen anything at all? When Ilana learns that her birth mom owns a pub upstate, well, what harm could there be in furtively dropping by for a drink? To see, just to see. What begins as curiosity about her choices evolves into a traumatic shift in her world. She loses control of her life. And then, chaos.

Ilana has an enviable job at the opera house, a committed relationship, and a cozy Greenwich Village apartment, but the questions inside of her are growing insistent. Is it due to her scientist...


Advance Praise

"Deborah Serra can spin a tale - every character jumps off the page. Ilana's journey, an accomplished young woman trying to figure out who she is - is compelling, unexpected, and also heartbreaking. This novel captured me." -Delia Ephron, author of Left on Tenth

"A profound and skillfully written novel of lives inexorably changed by truth-seeking, and the power of love and forgiveness." -Elizabeth St. John, critically acclaimed, award-winning author of The Lydiard Chronicles

"So smart! Great characters. You'll read to the end of the story and be surprised by what she decides. What you do next with your own life is up to you...or is it?"

-Lawrence Kasanoff, Film ProducerTrue Lies, President, Threshold Entertainment, Production Manager, Platoon, Dirty Dancing

"Deborah Serra can spin a tale - every character jumps off the page. Ilana's journey, an accomplished young woman trying to figure out who she is - is compelling, unexpected, and also heartbreaking...


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Lost in Thought by Deborah Serra

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Lost in Thought by Deborah Serra

The campaign begins on June 15 and will extend through November 15, 2024.

CREATE A PRINT AND DIGITAL PRESS KIT - We will write all necessary press material for the...


Available Editions

EDITION Hardcover
ISBN 9798888244548
PRICE $29.95 (USD)
PAGES 256

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