"Marina Marks has been on the grift as a psychic since she was a child, forced into the business by a junkie mother who was always desperate for her next fix - and willing to use her solemn dark-haired daughter to peddle an extra buck. As an adult, Marina has earned a handsome living preying on the
The Gifted School
β Scribed by Baker;Taylor Axis 360.;Holsinger, Bruce
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Year
- 2019
- Tongue
- en-US
- Weight
- 274 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- City
- Riverhead Books, 2019.
- ISBN
- 0525534962
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β¦ Synopsis
"The summer read that predicted the college-admissions scandal." -The Wall Street Journal******
"[An] addictive...deeply pleasurable read." - Meg Wolitzer
Smart and juicy, a compulsively readable novel about a previously happy group of friends and parents that is nearly destroyed by their own competitiveness when an exclusive school for gifted children opens in the community**
This deliciously sharp novel captures the relentless ambitions and fears that animate parents and their children in modern America, exploring the conflicts between achievement and potential, talent and privilege.
Set in the fictional town of Crystal, Colorado, The Gifted School is a keenly entertaining novel that observes the drama within a community of friends and parents as good intentions and high ambitions collide in a pile-up with long-held secrets and lies. Seen through the lens of four families who've been a part of...
β¦ Subjects
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