In*Reconstructing Amelia*, the stunning debut novel from Kimberly McCreight, Kateβs in the middle of the biggest meeting of her career when she gets the telephone call from Grace Hall, her daughterβs exclusive private school in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Amelia has been suspended, effective immediately,
Reconstructing Amelia: A Novel
β Scribed by McCreight, Kimberly
- Publisher
- HarperCollins;Harper Perennial
- Year
- 2013
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 250 KB
- Edition
- 1st Harper Perennial ed. published 2013
- Category
- Fiction
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β¦ Synopsis
Kate, a lawyer, investigates her daughter's suicide at a private school after she receives an anonymous text message implying it was murder.
β¦ Subjects
A Novel
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