In The Summer of the Borrowed Name, Lena Harrow journeys to Marigold Valley after discovering a letter that links her to a woman named Eleanor Reed and a missing girl, Clara. As Lena uncovers eerie parallels between her life and Clara’s disappearance, she learns of a secret experiment Project Echo that duplicated a child’s identity. Clara and Lena were one person, split into two lives. Haunted by shared memories and unfinished truths, Lena confronts her own fractured existence and ultimately embraces both halves of herself. When the past burns away, only the borrowed name remains and the mystery of who truly lived.
