![]() ![]() Even as Frances and Andy start to put the pieces together, Werlin continues to take readers through unexpected and exciting turns. Frances's aptitude for art feels familiar, and her relationship with the groundskeeper, Andy, who's slow but true and calls her by her full name, is a bit too precious, but readers will empathize with Frances and her sense of alienation and longing. But something's not right about Unity Service-nor with one of its student leaders, her brother's girlfriend Saskia, who's determined to keep her out. However, when her brother dies of a heroin overdose, Frances feels compelled to join the charitable organization that he was obsessed with. Summary Book Summary Lucy has nine months to break an ancient curse in order to save both herself and her unborn daughter. Attending the elite Pettengill School only because of a scholarship, she has trouble connecting with anyone except a retarded groundskeeper and her art teacher. Frances Leventhal, half Jewish and half Japanese and confused about her identity, comes from a dysfunctional family: her father writes unpublishable science fiction and her mother has entered a Buddhist monastery in Osaka. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately, especially if potentially libelous or harmful. ![]() Her narrator is a unique creation, a girl who begins to discover herself as she unravels a huge conspiracy. The snowy prep school setting is the perfect backdrop for Werlin's ( The Killer's Cousin) chilling and well-constructed mystery. ![]()
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