Gone Before Goodbye

By: Reese Witherspoon & Harlan Coben

If you have ever felt a little fearful of AI or terrified that the oligarchs of the world control everything… this book will scare the shit out of you! I love Reese for encouraging literacy in adults and kids and if you haven’t read a novel in a long time this story will surely hook you.

“You wonder what makes a hero? There’s altruism, sure. But there's also ego and recklessness and thrill-seeking.” p3

“Mom and Dad didn't care about the dated wallpaper or the worn shag carpeting. Her parents were wonderful and kind and distracted; they were readers and healers and academics. They spent their money on books and experiences, not upholstery or decor.” p24

“His jeans are skinny jeans, in the sense that they seem much too small. His hairline is somewhere between receding and surrender...” p69

“… this isn't atypical with Sharon. Her mouth is always trying to keep up with her brain, and that's an impossible task.” p246

“If you are one of those people who want to make sure you get your ten thousand steps in every day, Maggie suggests you fly into Heathrow. You walk left and right. You go upstairs and down. You use escalators and moving walkways. It's also a tease walk - every time you think it's over, there's just one more turn, one more set of stairs, one escalator, one more moving walkway to go.” p282

“Lots of powerful men have had doubles. Stalin. Noriega. Saddam Hussein. Some say Putin, but I think he's too paranoid to allow someone who looks like him that close.” p300

“The shower’s jet stream is powerful. Marc always liked that in a shower, maybe more so because the showers during any kind of humanitarian mission were set on what Mark called, light urination.” p316