'The Spare Room' Is Our July Book Club Pick
a tension-filled thriller following a woman who's found herself in a risqué, yet dangerous world when she stays in the spare bedroom of a glamorous couple's home. Read an excerpt from the book below, then find out how to participate.
While I sat in the cavernous belly of Thirtieth Street Station, the vibe was fearful, hushed, crackling with distrust. Masked travelers eyed one another warily. It seems like a lifetime ago that we moved freely and breezily breathed in the air, sucking it into our bodies like milk-drunk babies. I’d felt relieved to board the train, but then a man sat behind me and now he’s eating a salad, infusing the car with his hot breath.
“Kelly. Hey.” He swallows, and all the molecules in my body hold still. “Uh—I can’t find the laundry detergent.”“Under the kitchen sink. With all the other cleaning products.” Everything about the image fills me with sadness: Mike helpless in the hallway, peering at the washing machine; the fact that he’s already cleaning our bedsheets, ridding them of my scent. I hear the clunk of a door springing open.We’re supposed to be planning a life together.I whisk away my tears. “Yup.
This is not how I pictured year 34. It was supposed to be the best one yet, the year when life finally began... I snatch my phone back up, then reread the casual text that stopped me in my tracks yesterday. I still can’t believe it’s real, not something I hallucinated: “You should come stay with us.”
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