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“A riveting debut novel that explores the darker side of motherhood and marriage as a kidnapped woman is forced to confront her own harrowing secrets.”
                                                                        
In Standing Still, an intruder breaks into Claire’s comfortable suburban home and attempts to abduct her daughter. Claire puts herself in the line of fire and utters the heartbreaking words that will undo her: “Take me instead.”            

For the next week, as her easy life unravels, Claire is tied to a bed in a strange hotel room, the intruder her only companion. It is an experience that would be torture for anyone. For Claire, who suffers from acute panic disorder, it is a nightmare that threatens to shred her to pieces, a trauma from which she may never fully recover. Forced to lie still, alone with her thoughts, Claire must confront her shadowy past and the dark corners of a life previously left unconsidered.