| f New York City that early summer had not begun to seem like a foretaste of hell, none of it would have hap- pened. I would not have answered the ad in the Village Voice. And, therefore, later on I would not have stood on the shore of a wind-roughened Maine lake, with a man I had never seen before tongue-lash- ing me for things 1 had never done. Andstill later, I would not have found myselfin that desolate place three Ihousandmiles away..." So begins the story of Catherine May-hew, an office temporary and aspiring butunsucccessful actress. Hired by Euniceand Brian Andexter, a middle-aged sisterand brother, and by their friend DaleCarling, Catherine accompanies the trioto a large, secluded house in Maine. Herpurpose there, the Andexters have toldher, will be to bring happiness into thelast weeks of their very ill aunt JosephineAndexter. The aged woman has neverceased to grieve over the disappearanceof her granddaughter Karen, eight yearsbefore. Carefully coached by the Andex-ters, Catherine is to impersonate thevanished Karen. |
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