It’s been six years since Joanna vanished. But Kate doesn’t know about that.

Kate is fine. She just moved in with Marcus—which is good! It’s great, actually. He’s really working on himself. He’s reading books about stress management. He’s doing so well that he hasn’t even told her about his former girlfriend who inexplicably disappeared.

Marcus doesn’t think about Joanna anymore.

But when Joanna’s mother suddenly reappears—bringing boxes of Joanna’s things and a fervent belief that Joanna will return—revelations about the past warp the present. Blending psychological drama, dark comedy, and surreal horror, Joanna explores grief, control, intimacy, and the ways women shape and disappear into each other.

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Joanna left a magnet in me when she was born. I can feel it when she’s hungry, when she’s hurting, when she really has to pee. Always have.

I watched her crash against the walls of her life with Marcus. She became smaller and lost interest in me, I felt her just the same. And then she left. And still, the magnet pulls.