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Ruth Emmie Lang
The Wilderwomen
Five years ago, Nora Wilder disappeared. The older of her two daughters, Zadie, should have seen it coming, because she can literally see things coming. But not even her psychic abilities were able to prevent their mother from vanishing one morning. Zadie's estranged younger sister, Finn, can't see into the future, but she has an uncannily good memory, so good that she remembers not only her own memories, but the echoes of memories other people have left behind. On the afternoon of her graduation party, Finn is seized by an "echo" more powerful than anything she's experienced before: a woman singing a song she recognizes, a song about a bird. When Finn wakes up alone in an aviary with no idea how she got there, she realizes who the memory belongs to: Nora. Now it's up to Finn to convince her sister that not only is their mom still out there, but that she wants to be found. Against Zadie's better judgment, she and Finn hit the highway, using Finn's echoes to retrace Nora's footsteps and uncover the answer to the question that has haunted them for years: why did she leave? But the more time Finn spends in their mother's past, the harder it is for her to return to the present, to return to herself.
Nora's older daughter, who can see the future.
Nora's younger daughter, who inherits others' memories as "echoes."
The sisters' mother, missing for five years.
Yes, it's a standalone novel by Ruth Emmie Lang, not connected to a series.