Susie Yang, New York Times bestselling author of White Ivy But both work so beautifully in this gripping, perfectly-paced novel. “What starts as an intimate meditation on found families deftly turns into a heart-pounding mystery reminiscent of the best true crime stories. With its breakneck pacing, dizzying plot twists, and evocative family drama, The Last Thing He Told Me is a “page-turning, exhilarating, and unforgettable” ( PopSugar) suspense novel. But as they start putting together the pieces of Owen’s past, they soon realize they’re also building a new future-one neither of them could have anticipated. Hannah and Bailey set out to discover the truth. And that Bailey just may hold the key to figuring out Owen’s true identity-and why he really disappeared.

Bailey, who wants absolutely nothing to do with her new stepmother.Īs Hannah’s increasingly desperate calls to Owen go unanswered, as the FBI arrests Owen’s boss, as a US marshal and federal agents arrive at her Sausalito home unannounced, Hannah quickly realizes her husband isn’t who he said he was. Bailey, who lost her mother tragically as a child.

Despite her confusion and fear, Hannah Hall knows exactly to whom the note refers-Owen’s sixteen-year-old daughter, Bailey. The “page-turning, exhilarating” ( PopSugar) and “heartfelt thriller” ( Real Simple) about a woman who thinks she’s found the love of her life-until he disappears.īefore Owen Michaels disappears, he smuggles a note to his beloved wife of one year: Protect her. It is my greatest hope that their lives will be the better for it, and I am forever grateful for the honor and the opportunity that Oprah has afforded me.#1 NEW YORK TIMES BLOCKBUSTER * REESE WITHERSPOON BOOK CLUB PICK * NOW AN APPLE TV+ LIMITED SERIES STARRING JENNIFER GARNER * MORE THAN 2 MILLION COPIES SOLD Winfrey and her book club, my story will be introduced to a national audience.

“My greatest hope at that time was that a few young people would read my story and learn from my mistakes. I wrote That Bird Has My Wings while in solitary confinement, isolated and alone,” he says. “I turned 60 this year, having entered San Quentin at the age 19. Masters had this to say about the selection of his book for Oprah’s Book Club: HarperOne has reissued the book, which contains a foreword by spiritual teacher Pema Chödrön, who has long championed Masters’s cause. Oprah read the book shortly after it was first published by HarperOne, in 2009, and it left a strong impression: “His story, of a young boy victimized by addiction, poverty, violence, the foster care system, and later the justice system, profoundly touched me then, and still does today,” said Oprah. Masters has been incarcerated in California’s San Quentin State Prison for the past 41 years.

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