When I started to write the book, I knew the central secret of the book, which is, who is this woman who is clearly not telling the whole truth? So if she is who she says she is, if she is one of these two missing sisters from 30 years ago, what is she hiding? What is her secret?
The United States is facing a brain drain. Increasing numbers of the world's most intelligent and creative people are choosing to live and work elsewhere, says Richard Florida, a professor of urban planning and a leading voice in regional economic development. In 2002 he described what he called The Rise of the Creative Class, in a book by that name. Now he's describing something much more alarming.