Unbecoming: A Novel by Rebecca Scherm. Viking (Penguin), 2015. Adult fiction.In an unusual tale of art theft, deceit, and love, this debut novel begins in Paris where Grace has crafted a new life for herself as Julie. She checks online everyday for news from her former home in Garland, Tennessee where it seems the robbery of an estate museum has involved and imprisoned people Grace knows very well. Chapters alternate by place, Paris providing clues to her current life and Garland filling in the details of Grace's former life. Peppered with intriguing examples of other thefts and how they may have been committed, the author also weaves a spell of a small town and its citizens, children, and social stratas. What happens if you get what you really want? What happens if you don't? Can you become someone else? Or can you unbecome who you have become?
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