STAY WHERE I CAN SEE YOU

The Kaplan family has just won 10 million dollars in the lottery. But haven't they always been lucky? Gwen thought so. She's carefully curated a perfect suburban existence with two kids and a loving husband. For over a decade, she's been a stay-at-home mom, devoted to giving her kids the quiet, protected adolescence she didn't have. But the surprise windfall suddenly upends the family, allowing them all to dream a little bigger and catapulting them back to the city that Gwen fled years ago.

As the Kaplans navigate the notoriety that the lottery brings and try to adjust to their new lives in the upper class - Seth launches a dubious start-up, 17 year-old Maddie falls headfirst in love at her elite prep school - a tightly held secret is unlocked. The truth unearths long buried memories from Gwen's troubled youth, forcing her to confront her painful past and threatening to unravel the incredibly tight bond between Gwen and Maddie. Her meticulously constructed identity as the good wife and mother begins to crack. And when their changed circumstances place her family under threat, Gwen must wake up from her domestic slumber.

Katrina Onstad is a culture writer and author of two novels, How Happy to Be and Everybody Has Everything, which was longlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize and shortlisted for the Toronto Book Award. The Weekend Effect was her first non-fiction book. Her award-winning journalism has appeared in The New York Times, The Guardian and The Globe and Mail, among many other publications. Katrina lives in Toronto with her family and far too many animals.