While I Was Gone

A woman's seemingly perfect life is disrupted when a figure from her past reappears, forcing her to confront secrets and choices she thought she had left behind. Jo Becker, a veterinarian and wife, lives a comfortable life in suburban Massachusetts. But the arrival of a man from her past — a remnant of the bohemian communal living she experienced in the 1960s — threatens to unravel her present. The novel explores themes of secrecy, betrayal, forgiveness, and the haunting grip of past decisions.