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'Defending Jacob' author William Landay's new novel explores what happens when a mother vanishes

William Landay's "All That Is Mine I Carry With Me" is available March 7. (Courtesy John Earle and Penguin Random House)

Here & Now‘s Tiziana Dearing speaks with author William Landay about his new book, “All That is Mine I Carry With Me.” The novel centers around the disappearance of a Massachusetts mother and its effect on her three children as well as her husband, who is suspected of her murder.

Book excerpt: ‘All That is Mine I Carry With Me’

By William Landay

After I finished writing my last novel, I fell into a long silence. You might call it writer’s block, but most writers don’t use that term or even understand it.

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