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Kate is thrust into crisis when her daughter Amelia is suspended from Grace Hall, an all‑girls private school in Brooklyn, and a few hours later is discovered dead. Police, fire trucks, and an ambulance surround the campus, and an anonymous text tells Kate that Amelia did not jump. As Kate grapples with her own guilt over her career and her daughter’s death, she must navigate the school’s traditions and a tangled web of secrecy, all while trying to vindicate Amelia’s memory.
First publish date: 2013
Genre: Thriller/Psychological Thriller
Authors: Kimberly McCreight
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