By then it s already too late for Amelia. But Kate s stress over leaving work quickly turns to panic when she arrives at the school and finds it surrounded by police officers, fire trucks, and an ambulance. Amelia has been suspended, effective immediately, and Kate must come get her daughter now. It's about how well any parent really knows their child and how far one mother will go to vindicate the memory of a daughter whose life she could not save.In Reconstructing Amelia, the stunning debut novel from Kimberly McCreight, Kate's in the middle of the biggest meeting of her career when she gets the telephone call from Grace Hall, her daughter s exclusive private school in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Sifting through Amelia's e-mails, text messages, and Facebook posts, Kate reconstructs the pieces of her daughter's life and the people in it, uncovering why she was on Grace Hall's roof that day-and how she died.Ī superb blend of Tana French and Jodi Picoult, Reconstructing Amelia is a story of secrets and lies, friends and bullies. Now, Kate is going to find the truth-no matter where it leads. It's what she believes, too, until she gets the anonymous text: Amelia didn't jump. At least that's what Grace Hall and the police tell Kate. Despondent, she's jumped from the school's roof. But when Kate arrives at Grace Hall, she's blindsided by far more devastating news: Amelia is dead. Litigation lawyer and harried single mother Kate Baron is shocked when her daughter's exclusive Brooklyn private school calls to tell her that Amelia-her intelligent, high-achieving fifteen-year-old-has been caught cheating. "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
But, most of all, it’s the story of how far a mother will go to vindicate the memory of a daughter whose life she couldn’t save.įans of Gillian Flynn's Gone Girl will find Reconstructing Amelia just as gripping and surprising. Reconstructing Amelia is about secret first loves, old friendships, and an all-girls club steeped in tradition. Until she gets an anonymous text: She didn’t jump. And clouded as she is by her guilt and grief, it is the one she forces herself to believe.
At least that’s the story Grace Hall tells Kate. And for Kate.Īn academic overachiever despondent over getting caught cheating has jumped to her death. By then it’s already too late for Amelia.
But Kate’s stress over leaving work quickly turns to panic when she arrives at the school and finds it surrounded by police officers, fire trucks, and an ambulance. Amelia has been suspended, effective immediately, and Kate must come get her daughter-now. In Reconstructing Amelia, the stunning debut novel from Kimberly McCreight, Kate's in the middle of the biggest meeting of her career when she gets the telephone call from Grace Hall, her daughter’s exclusive private school in Park Slope, Brooklyn.
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