Theresa Weir (a.k.a. Anne Frasier) is a USA Today bestselling author of twenty-one books and numerous short stories that have spanned the genres of suspense, mystery, thriller, romantic suspense, paranormal, and memoir. Her titles have been printed in both hardcover and paperback and translated into twenty languages. Her memoir, The Orchard, was a 2011 Oprah Magazine Fall Pick, Number Two on the Indie Next list, a featured B+ review in Entertainment Weekly, and a Librarians’ Best Books of 2011. Going back to 1988, Weir’s debut title was the cult phenomenon AMAZON LILY, initially published by Pocket Books and later reissued by Bantam Books. Writing as Theresa Weir she won a RITA for romantic suspense (COOL SHADE), and a year later the Daphne du Maurier for paranormal romance (BAD KARMA). In her more recent Anne Frasier career, her thriller and suspense titles hit the USA Today list (HUSH, SLEEP TIGHT, PLAY DEAD) and were featured in Mystery Guild, Literary Guild, and Book of the Month Club. HUSH was both a RITA and Daphne du Maurier finalist. Well-known in the mystery community, she served as hardcover judge for the Thriller presented by International Thriller Writers, and was guest of honor at the Diversicon 16 mystery/science fiction conference held in Minneapolis in 2008. Frasier books have received high praise from print publications such as Publishers Weekly, Minneapolis Star Tribune, and Crimespree, as well as online praise from Spinetingler, Book Loons, Armchair Interviews, Sarah Weinman’s Confessions of an Idiosyncratic Mind, and Ali Karim’s Shots Magazine. Her books have featured cover quotes from Lisa Gardner, Jane Ann Krentz, Linda Howard, Kay Hooper, and J.A. Konrath. Her short stories and poetry can be found in DISCOUNT NOIR, ONCE UPON A CRIME, and THE LINEUP, POEMS ON CRIME. She is a member of Sisters in Crime and International Thriller Writers.
When his wife shows up on his doorstep, two young children in tow, Warren cannot believe his bad luck. Only a few months more and he might have forgotten his family completely; only a few months more and he would have had the cool, privileged life he deserved.
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In THE MAN WHO LEFT, a young woman struggles to make sense of her fractured family's endless new beginnings and bad endings, her incisive intelligence and sensitivity often insufficient against the absurd, sometimes carelessly cruel circumstances of her life. Even after growing up and moving on, the legacy of her family's wreckage endures. When the now adult woman's biological father, the man who left, is diagnosed with Alzheimer's, his daughter must decide what, if anything, she owes him.
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THE MAN WHO LEFT could be considered a companion to the stunning memoir THE ORCHARD. But where THE ORCHARD is a dark fairy tale, THE MAN WHO LEFT is pure Middle American gothic, told in Theresa Weir's unadorned yet richly powerful and emotionally resonant style. A story about the burdens of remembering and the costs of forgetting, THE MAN WHO LEFT poignantly chronicles the emotional consequences of betrayal and abandonment by those who are supposed to love us the most.
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~~~What readers are saying about The Man Who Left:
"I had hoped I would love this book as much as I loved The Orchard. I think I may love it even more."
"I love this book! I read it in one day because I couldn't put it down."
"The story is heart-breaking and Theresa's insights and prose drive it relentlessly toward its conclusion."
"As much as I loved The Orchard, I have to say that The Man Who Left is my favorite Theresa Weir book."
