A fresh, funny, and wisely observed debut novel about marriageβabout the love, longing and ambivalence exposed when a husband takes the baby on a highly unusual outing
When Veronica Reed wakes up one frigid January morning, two things are βoffββfirst of all, she has had a good nightβs sleep, which hasnβt happened in months, and second, both her husband and her baby are gone. Grateful for the much-needed rest, Veronica doesnβt, at first, seriously question her husbandβs trip out to breakfast with baby Clara. Little does she know, her spouse has fled lower Manhattan, with Clara, for some R&R in the Caribbean.
Told through alternating points of view, The Sunshine When She's Gone explores the life-changing impact of parenthood on a couple as individuals and as partners. Thea Goodman brings us into intimacies made tense by sleep-deprivation and to losses and gains made more real by acknowledging them. Here is the story of a couple pushed to the edge and a desperate fatherβs attempt give them both space to breathe.
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