In this powerful psychological suspense debut, when a woman’s life is shattered, she actually is confronted with a devastating query: Imagine if everything she thought was normal and good and true…wasn’t?

Clara Lawson is torn from her lifestyle immediately. Without warning, her home is certainly invaded by armed men, and she discovers herself separated from her dearest hubby and daughters. The last thing her husband yells to her is certainly to say nothing at all.

In chapters that alternate between previous and present, the novel slowly about THE LADY Before unpeels the layers of Clara’s fractured life. We find her growing up, elevated with her sisters by the stern Mama and Papa G, learning to be a poised and educated young woman, dropping desperately in love with the forbidden kid of her adoptive parents. We observe her today, sequestered in an organization, questioned by men and women who call her a different name-Diana-and who accuse her husband of unspeakable crimes. As recollections of her previous collide with fresh revelations, Clara must issue everything she thought she knew, to come to terms with the reality of her background and to summon the strength to navigate her potential.