false 2477805 7 Journalist and suburban mom Claire Cooper suffers from panic disorder. Most of her anxieties seem irrational, nothing that can't be fixed with the help of some Xanax. But late one stormy summer night, when her husband, Sam, is away on one of his frequent business trips, Claire's fears come to life. She discovers an intruder has broken into her young daughter's bedroom. She watches helplessly as he picks up her sleeping child from her bed. Desperate to protect her family, Claire puts herself in the line of fire and utters the plea that will undo her: "Take me instead." As she drives away in the kidnapper's car, Claire fears for her children, but not for herself. And she can't help noticing the reversal in her marriage -- for the first time in ten years, Sam will not know where she is. For the next week, Claire is tied to a bed in a strange motel room, the intruder her only companion. She is forced to lie still and contemplate the reasons for this assault on her family. Is this just a random crime, or something more sinister? Has the shadowy past that she tried so hard to leave behind finally caught up with her? Day after day, she goes deeper into herself, reevaluating her marriage and her role as a mother, and unburying the source of her crippling anxiety. In seven days she will step out to the very brink of her soul -- perhaps never to return. A riveting debut novel that will appeal to fans of Sue Miller and Janet Fitch, <I>Standing Still</i> is a powerful exploration of the darker side of mother-hood and marriage. 2890699 5 2 2008 Standing Still: A Novel total:121|5:20|4:49|3:34|2:17|1:1| 121 433 268 46 4 2 false false Tue May 27 15:27:12 -0700 2008 Tue May 27 15:29:24 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Fri Sep 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 17 16:01:25 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 18 12:26:48 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue Feb 05 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 21 13:17:05 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 21 13:18:28 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed May 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon May 04 06:47:55 -0700 2009 Thu May 14 13:09:30 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Wed Oct 22 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jan 04 14:23:30 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 04 14:24:13 -0800 2009 5 2 false false Fri Feb 08 04:37:03 -0800 2008 Fri Feb 08 04:37:49 -0800 2008 5 0 false false Mon Jun 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed May 13 09:40:48 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 08 16:16:48 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Mon Jun 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 30 14:53:41 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 15 18:07:55 -0700 2009
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Through a series of flashbacks, we learn about Claires life as a reporter and all of her romantic flings before she was married.

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