The Gretchen Question
Jessica Treadway
- “One
- of
- the
- most
- haunting
- stories
- I
- have
- ever
- read
- about
- the
- price
- we
- pay
- for
- the
- secrets
- we
- keep”
- from
- the
- award-winning
- author
- of
- How
- Will
- I
- Know
- You?
- (Julia
- Glass,
- national
- bestselling
- author).The
- Gretchen
- Question
- recounts
- a
- day
- in
- the
- life
- of
- Roberta
- Chase,
- who
- does
- not
- have
- much
- time
- left
- to
- make
- peace
- with
- her
- son
- ,who’s
- punishing
- her
- for
- withholding
- his
- father’s
- true
- identity
- from
- him.
- A
- single
- mother
- torn
- between
- protecting
- her
- only
- child
- or
- revealing
- herself
- fully
- to
- the
- people
- she
- loves
- most,
- Roberta
- finds
- herself
- at
- war
- with
- conflicting
- loyalties,
- increasing
- betrayal
- by
- her
- own
- body,
- the
- confused
- love
- she
- feels
- for
- her
- oldest
- friend,
- and
- a
- trauma
- from
- her
- past
- that
- casts
- a
- deep
- and
- possibly
- permanent
- shadow
- not
- only
- over
- her
- own
- life,
- but
- over
- the
- legacy
- she
- will
- bestow
- upon
- her
- son.
- Portraying
- the
- most
- intense
- and
- shameful
- moments
- of
- motherhood,
- and
- the
- things
- we
- leave
- unsaid
- even
- to
- those
- we
- want
- most
- to
- hear
- them,
- The
- Gretchen
- Question
- is
- a
- celebration
- of
- one
- woman’s
- private
- reckoning
- with
- the
- source
- of
- her
- life’s
- most
- profound
- pain-as
- well
- as
- its
- greatest
- pleasure.“A
- powerful
- and
- emotional
- ride
- with
- disorienting,
- satisfying
- turns
- and
- a
- stunning
- end.
- Treadway
- is
- masterful.”
- —Lily
- King,
- New
- York
- Times–bestselling
- author“Roberta’s
- .
- .
- .
- emotional
- journey
- is
- captured
- beautifully.
- Treadway
- powerfully
- captures
- one
- woman’s
- attempt
- to
- live
- a
- meaningful
- existence
- despite
- all
- that
- she
- has
- endured.”
- —Publishers
- Weekly“A
- thoughtful,
- and
- thought-provoking,
- meditation
- on
- love,
- loss,
- and
- legacy.”
- —Kirkus Reviews
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