A catastrophic storm. Three names. Three wildly different lives. One mother’s fractured hope.
When Cora registers her newborn son, she faces a choice: name him after his controlling father, after her kind daughter’s pick, or after her own dream for him. In three parallel timelines, we live each outcome:
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Named Gordon? They stay—trapped in domestic terror.
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Named Bear? They flee—about to rebuild without patriarchy.
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Named Julian? They escape—heading to Ireland, but the scars travel with them.
The Names is a gut-wrenching “what-if” family saga that examines how just one word can rewrite trauma—and the lives tethered to it.
📖 Condition: Gently used hardcover in very good shape. Dust jacket included, clean pages, intact spine.
🫶 If you cried during The Vanishing Half, Sing, Unburied, Sing, or Beheld the Dreamers, and book twins with A Thousand Ships—this spine-chills with what-if heartbreak. 😭
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