Virtual Event: Sarah Gailey

Harvard Book Store's virtual event series welcomes bestselling, award-winning writer SARAH GAILEY—author of the acclaimed novels River of Teeth, Magic for Liars, and Upright Women Wanted—for a discussion of their latest novel, The Echo Wife. They will be joined in conversation by TOCHI ONYEBUCHI, author of the celebrated novels Beast Made of Night, War Girls, and Riot Baby.

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About The Echo Wife

I’m embarrassed, still, by how long it took me to notice. Everything was right there in the open, right there in front of me, but it still took me so long to see the person I had married.

It took me so long to hate him.

Martine is a genetically cloned replica made from Evelyn Caldwell’s award-winning research. She’s patient and gentle and obedient. She’s everything Evelyn swore she’d never be.

And she’s having an affair with Evelyn’s husband.

Now, the cheating bastard is dead, and both Caldwell wives have a mess to clean up.

Good thing Evelyn Caldwell is used to getting her hands dirty.

Praise for The Echo Wife

"A razor-sharp psychological thriller . . . Gailey's expertise with suspense and their success in presenting the reader with impossible choices about the ethics of cloning, biological programming and editing, and of Evelyn’s specific, difficult situation, will leave the reader thinking about the novel long after the final page." —Booklist, starred review

"For those familiar with Gailey's work, expect this one to offer familiar pleasures and some new surprises. And for those who aren't, well, get ready." —Entertainment Weekly

"Creepy, exhilarating science fiction . . . A series of dark reveals that leave both the characters and the audience reeling. Readers won't want to put this one down." —Publishers Weekly