The Last Goodnight

 

In a single, silent betrayal, one life splinters into six.

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Before the world cracked, there was Ellie: a child held in a cocoon of perfect love. Then, a trespass in a sunlit bathroom, witnessed and ignored. In that moment, the seed of a single soul is split.

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Who will she become?

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Elizabeth, the curator, building a flawless life as a bulwark against chaos.
Liz, the litigator, forging a fortress of intellect where no one can touch her.
Lizzie, the nurturer, tending a garden of steadfast love in the soil of loss.
Eliza, the wanderer, chasing the ghost of belonging across foreign horizons.
Liza, the survivor, mistaking possession for passion in a cycle of fracture and flight.
Beth, the alchemist, learning from a young age that family is not a fate, but a recipe.

From the hushed halls of prestigious schools to the frenetic energy of European plazas, from sterile courtrooms to fragrant kitchens, The Last Goodnight follows these six possible women—each born from the same girl, each living a life the others did not choose. Through love affairs, careers, seismic storms, and quiet triumphs, their stories unfold in parallel, separate yet invisibly connected by echoes of the roads not taken.

A breathtaking exploration of identity, trauma, and the resilience of the human heart, this luminous novel asks: What makes a self? Is it the love we receive, the betrayals we endure, or the choices we make in their wake? A tapestry of six lives woven from one fragile thread, it reveals, with devastating beauty, how we are all shaped by the silent geography of our scars, and how, in the end, every path leads back to the first, defining need: to be held, and to be safe.

A stunning, symphonic work for readers of Life After Life and The Dutch House, The Last Goodnight is a profound meditation on destiny, choice, and the infinite variations of a life well-loved.