"Sara Shepard delivers the perfect read....A brilliant storyteller." --Adriana Trigiani, bestselling author of Very Valentine and Brava, Valentine "[Written] with unflinching honesty and unstinting compassion." --Jacquelyn Mitchard, author The Deep End of the Ocean "This riveting, provocative
Everything We Ever Wanted
β Scribed by Shepard, Sara
- Book ID
- 108237396
- Publisher
- HarperCollins US
- Year
- 2012
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 1 MB
- Category
- Fiction
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β¦ Synopsis
A recently widowed mother of two, Sylvie Bates-McAllister finds her life upended by a late-night phone call from the headmaster of the prestigious private school founded by her grandfather where her adopted son Scott teaches. Allegations of Scott's involvement in a hazing scandal cause a ripple effect, throwing the entire family into chaos. For Charles, Sylvie's biological son, it dredges up a ghost from the past who is suddenly painfully present. For his wife Joanna, it forces her to reevaluate everything she's hoped for in the golden Bates-McAllisters. And for Scott, it illuminates harsh truths about a world he has never truly felt himself a part of.
But for all the Bates-McAllisters, the call exposes a tangled web of secrets that ties the family together: the mystery of the school hazing, the event that tore Charles and Scott apart the night of their high school awards ceremony, and the intended recipient of a certain bracelet. The quest to unravel the truth takes the...
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