The Other Side of Disappearing

The Other Side of Disappearing

Kate Clayborn

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From the acclaimed author of Georgie, All Along and Love Lettering, a pitch-perfect, radiantly transporting love story about an unexpected road trip, true crime obsessions, and hard won vulnerability… Hairstylist Jess Greene has spent the last decade raising her younger half-sister, Tegan—and keeping a shocking secret. Ever since their reckless mother ran off with a boyfriend she’d known only a few months, Jess has been aware that he’s the same accomplished con man who was the subject of a wildly popular podcast, The Last Con of Lynton Baltimore. Now thirty-one, Jess didn’t bargain on Tegan eventually piecing together the connection for herself. But Tegan plans to do exactly what Jess has always feared—leave their safe, stable home to search for their mother—and she’ll be accompanied by the prying podcast host and her watchful, handsome producer, Adam Hawkins. Unwilling to let the sister she’s spent so much of her life protecting go it alone, Jess reluctantly joins them. Together, the four make their way across the country, unraveling the mystery of where the couple disappeared to and why. But soon Jess is discovering other things too. Like a renewed sense of vulnerability and curiosity, and a willingness to expand beyond the walls she’s so carefully built. And in Adam, she finds an unexpected connection she didn’t even know was missing, if only she can let go and let him in . . .


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  • isazbooks
    Mar 09, 2025
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  • ShellyBReads27
    Jan 24, 2025
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    Thank you to NetGalley and Kensington Books for the ARC of this book in exchange for a honest review.

    I thought Kate knocked it out of the park with “Georgie all along”…and then I read this book. I don’t know what Kates doing but her stories just get better and better.

    I don’t want to give away the plot but this book touched on true crime, abandonment, motherhood, sisterhood, narcissistic family, loss/grief and yet with all those heavy themes it’s still such a beautiful love story. Does the relationship come together a little fast at times, yes, but not every book needs to be 700 pages of simmering banter.And Jess and Hawk are just *meant to be*.

    The chapters are a little long but they don’t read as such because Kate keeps the plot moving. Also, it is a touch predictable and familiar in the middle but it didn’t make the story any less predictable.

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