"In her deeply moving latest, Delinsky follows one woman's journey of self-discovery as she learns to face the ghosts of her past... This is a rewarding, emotionally intense novel."
—PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
About Barbara
I was born and raised in suburban Boston. My mother’s death, when I was eight, was the defining event of a childhood that was otherwise ordinary.
Before and Again
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Mackenzie Cooper does not want to be who she was — the one who was driving with her eyes on her phone just long enough to cause a deadly accident that cost her everything. In order to survive, she becomes someone new, someone better — until the past returns.
What Barbara's Reading
Have to say, I loved this book. I’ve always been intrigued by the American Revolution. I’ve lived in Boston all my life, and the history of Boston is inextricably linked with the Revolution. THE FIRST CONSPIRACY by Brad Meltzer, most of which takes place in the 1770s, centers on a scheme to assassinate the leader…
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Here I am again, having just finished writing one opus and now contemplating the next. Where to place it? Where would you set your book, if you were to write one? I’ve been writing about New England pretty much since the start of my career. There were a few exceptions years ago when I set…
