THINGS ARE RARELY WHAT THEY SEEM If Mattie Owens had been the one to get in her car one January morning and drive away from an adoring husband, a beautiful home, a new baby, and a future bright with promise, no one would have been surprised and no one would have called the police. But it’s Mattie’s sister, Meredith, who does these things. Meredith, the good sister. The perfect wife and mother. The one who always does everything right. It’s Meredith who disappears, leaving rebellious, wild child Mattie to pick up the pieces. Stepping out from Meredith’s shadow forces Mattie to uncover painful truths about her own life and her “perfect” sister, even as it forges a bond between Mattie and her sister’s husband, Collier, a man who makes her realize her hidden strengths. The more she steps into Meredith’s role, the more she realizes that she may have finally come home…