The Year We Got Away

A talking camera is the only thing keeping Dot sane when she first moves to Los Angeles.

A 2023 Elizabeth George finalist, The Year We Got Away follows Dot McIlroy’s trek out of the deep south and west to Los Angeles in the heart of the Lavender Scare in 1959. With a talking camera as her guide, Dot navigates a rich world of secret societies and sci-fi screenwriters. In order to learn the true definition of “home,” Dot must first reckon with the secrets she left buried back east.