Título: I'll Be You: A Novel
Autor: Janelle Brown
Sinopse: Two identical twin sisters and former child actors have grown apart—until one disappears, in this “cleverly crafted and psychologically nuanced” (Time) suspense novel from the New York Times bestselling author of Pretty Things.
“An addictive thriller that will keep readers burning through pages . . . sneakily hypnotic.”—Los Angeles Times
ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The New York Public Library, PopSugar
“You be me, and I’ll be you,” I whispered.
As children, Sam and Elli were two halves of a perfect whole: gorgeous identical twins whose parents sometimes couldn’t even tell them apart. They fell asleep to the sound of each other’s breath at night, holding hands in the dark. And once Hollywood discovered them, they became B-list child TV stars, often inhabiting the same role.
But as adults, their lives have splintered. After leaving acting, Elli reinvented herself as the perfect homemaker: married to a real estate lawyer, living in a house just blocks from the beach. Meanwhile, Sam has never recovered from her failed Hollywood career, or from her addiction to the pills and booze that have propped her up for the last fifteen years.
Sam hasn't spoken to her sister since her destructive behavior finally drove a wedge between them. So when her father calls out of the blue, Sam is shocked to learn that Elli’s life has been in turmoil: her husband moved out, and Elli just adopted a two-year-old girl. Now she’s stopped answering her phone and checked in to a mysterious spa in Ojai. Is her sister just decompressing, or is she in trouble? Could she have possibly joined a cult? As Sam works to connect the dots left by Elli’s baffling disappearance, she realizes that the bond between her and her sister is more complicated than she ever knew.
I’ll Be You shows Janelle Brown at the top of her game: a story packed with surprising revelations and sharp insights about the choices that define our families and our lives—and could just as easily destroy them.
Contexto da obra
Como livro em inglês, esta obra costuma ganhar também uma camada própria de interesse editorial e linguístico. “I’ll Be You: A Novel”, de Janelle Brown, publicado pela editora Random House Trade Paperbacks, em 2023 e com 368 páginas, integra a categoria Livros em Inglês. Por isso, o interesse da obra tende a se ampliar quando o leitor considera também a relação com a língua em que ela circula.
Editora: Random House Trade Paperbacks
Páginas: 368
Ano: 2023-04-04
Edição: Reprint
Linguagem: en
ISBN: 0525479287
ISBN13: 9780525479284
Sobre a editora
Os livros da editora Random House Trade Paperbacks costumam oferecer narrativas densas e envolventes, que transitam entre o suspense psicológico, a história reimaginada e o ensaio reflexivo. O catálogo traz desde thrillers que exploram perseguições implacáveis e mistérios criminais até biografias e relatos históricos que iluminam personagens e eventos marcantes com detalhes minuciosos. A linguagem varia do tom tenso e urgente ao didático e analítico, com obras que também investigam processos mentais e sociais, como o aprendizado e a moralidade. Há ainda espaço para ficções que mesclam aventura e especulação filosófica, além de narrativas que exploram relações humanas complexas em contextos contemporâneos ou históricos.
