Our Kind of Game: A Novel
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âA riveting and suspenseful debut. Copelandâs contemporary take on the balance of power in relationships, and the desire for control, is not to be missed.ââNew York Times and #1 international bestselling author Karin Slaughter
A gifted new suspense writer makes her sizzling debut with this serpentine tale exploring all the ways in which men enact violence on women, how women try to reclaim their own sense of self, and the lingering effects on their childrenâs lives.
2019. Stella Parker has the life sheâs always wanted: a loving husband, two happy children that she gave up her thriving law career to raise, and a beautiful house in the tony suburbs of Washington, DC. But when her neighbor Gwen shows up at her door, claiming to know things about her, Stellaâs life is thrown into turmoil and sheâs forced to reckon with the dark secret upon which sheâs built her life.
1987. Julie Waits yearns to be a cheerleaderâa gateway to a world of normalcy with best friends and sleepovers, and an escape hatch from life with her widowed mother, the terrible men she attracts, and the upheaval caused by their abrupt and constant moves. But when her mother decides those relationships are over, the past becomes a forbidden subject that Julie can never revisit.
As Stella probes deeper into what brought Gwen to her door, the answerâand who Julie is to herâbecome increasingly, terrifyingly, clear.
Filled with shocking twists and turns, this is a book that both asks what it means for a woman to be in control of her life while also highlighting the impact of small daily violences upon women, and the connection between physical and psychological harm.
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Johanna Copeland is a native Oregonian and former corporate attorney. Her writing has been featured in various publications, including the Washington Post, xoJane, Stonecoast Review, and Literary Mama. She currently lives in Washington, D.C., and visits her college-age children as often as they will allow. She has one child still at home who likes frequent walks, chasing balls, and sleeping on the couch while Johanna writes.
