One in Me I Never Loved, A Novel

Lambda Literary: Most Anticipated Book of the Month A poignant collage of stories of women young and old, this novel from an Alfaguara Prizewinning author explores both the need to be seen and the need to disappear.In present-day New York, Margarita grapples with insecurities on her fifty-sixth birthday. She feels neglected by her husband, and suspects hes having an affair with one of his students. Mysteries surrounding two friends offer both a distraction and unexpected insight:Anne, the concierge of her apartment building, has suddenly vanished without a trace, leaving Annes mother to confront a long-held secret.Juliana, now in her eighties, is eager to find the woman who changed the course of her life more than sixty years ago.With a seamless blend of reality and fiction, Carla Guelfenbein takes us back to the 1940s to provide answers,...