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Alex Ross, a thirty-year-old psychologist, enjoys the benefits of a close-knit family: her mother and aunt are twins married to two close friends, and Alex and her cousins, Rolf and Stephen, grew up as if they were siblings. When Rolf is killed in a car accident, Alex’s entire family spins into grief and chaos. Nathaniel, a mysterious art museum curator, soon enters their lives and seems to offer the family solace. Frannie, Rolf’s mother, becomes infatuated with the young man; Alex, who split with her long-term girlfriend in the aftermath of Rolf’s death, finds herself deeply attracted to him. Only Stephen mistrusts Nathaniel—but he soon becomes consumed with the nationwide financial crisis threatening the family’s stability. Will Alex choose Nathaniel over her loyalty to Stephen? Torn between competing desires, fueled by her lifelong but unexamined love of Rolf, she must turn her own training as a psychologist on herself in order to find peace amid the turmoil.

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""Expertly crafted and richly detailed, this book has a comfortable warmth that enfolds the fundamentally likable characters it chronicles. An engaging and rewarding read.""--Paul Russell, author of Immaculate Blue ""A satisfying, psychologically rich novel about filling the holes in our hearts. Set against the 2007-2009 financial crisis, when everything seemed to be about to fall apart, The Surrogate explores what keeps a family together. A force of a book.""--Elisabeth Sharp McKetta, author of She Never Told Me About the Ocean

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Lynn C. Miller is the author or coeditor of seven previous books, including The Lost Archive, The Day After Death, and The Unmasking. A novelist, playwright, performer, and educator, she lives in Albuquerque and cohosts the podcast The Unruly Muse.

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