A literature professor’s carefully constructed life is shattered after the death of her twin brother and the unraveling of the secret world they shared.

“Tucker is a riveting storyteller whose book brims with a cathartic intelligence about the dark side of families and how we survive.”
—People magazine

“A masterfully told story that delves deep into the human psyche and examines the frailty of the human mind after a tragedy and the powerful, lifelong impact of childhood memories."
—Booklist

"Engrossing and suspenseful, Tucker's remarkable novel unveils the motives behind the curious behavior and superfluous lies of unusually close-knit fraternal twins...[a] satisfying, imminently readable novel."
—Publishers Weekly

"A compulsively readable story...nothing is as it appears in this suspenseful, well-crafted look at truth and betrayal...a haunting, harrowing story."
—Library Journal

The Promised World

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