Lost by Joy Fielding

Ever since she was a child, Julia Carver has tested her mother Cindy's nerves and tried her patience. Forever willful and self-absorbed, Julia, now twenty-one and an aspiring actress, moves back home when her father remarries -- and turns Cindy's household into chaos. But when Julia doesn't return after a promising audition with a Hollywood film director, Cindy knows it's more than just typical Julia dramatics -- and a frantic search begins. Now, secrets are revealed, lives are forever altered, and Cindy is forced to acknowledge the disturbing truth about the daughter she realizes she never really knew.

In this "taut suburban thriller" ("Kirkus Reviews") by the "New York Times" bestelling author, a young woman's mysterious disappearance throws her family into turmoil, reopening old wounds and unleashing fresh emotions.