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The Day My Five‑Year‑Old Disappeared

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The Day My Five‑Year‑Old Disappeared is a novel in English. Chapters 1 and 2 can be read on this site as a free preview.

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From the back cover

Sophie Chapman's morning begins with a promise: her five-year-old daughter Dorothy, called Dottie, begs her to be the first parent at Sunflower Kindergarten, and Sophie buys a strawberry shortcake for the occasion. But when she reaches the familiar street, the rainbow-painted gate is gone, replaced by the Golden Years Wellness Center, a retirement home the guard says has stood there for three years. Her husband Chester insists they chose a childless marriage and that she never gave birth, and the scar from her C-section has vanished from her belly.

At home, Dottie's pink bedroom has become a study, her photo folder is empty, and every post about her has been rewritten. Both families gather to tell Sophie she miscarried five years ago and has lived with delusions ever since, humored by everyone around her. Trapped in their circle of pity, Sophie collapses, then wakes to sunlight and a silk comforter, still certain of the daughter no one else remembers.

Inside the book Opening excerpt

These are my daughter Dorothy Grant's final words to me when she walked me out of the house this morning.

But when I stand at the kindergarten's entrance with a box of Dorothy's favorite strawberry shortcake in my hands, the security guard just stares at me as though I lost my mind.

"Ma'am, this place might be where Sunflower Kindergarten is located, but it has already closed its doors for…

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Contents

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Which chapters of The Day My Five‑Year‑Old Disappeared are free?

Chapters 1 and 2 are free to read on this page, in English. From chapter 3 the book continues in the official app.

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What is The Day My Five‑Year‑Old Disappeared about?

Sophie Chapman's morning begins with a promise: her five-year-old daughter Dorothy, called Dottie, begs her to be the first parent at Sunflower Kindergarten, and Sophie buys a strawberry shortcake for the occasion. But when she reaches the familiar street, the rainbow-painted gate is gone, replaced by the Golden Years Wellness Center, a retirement home the guard says has stood there for three years. Her husband Chester insists they chose a childless marriage and that she never gave birth, and the scar from her C-section has vanished from her belly.

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