Reconstructing Amelia is April's Book of the Month
The featured novel for April is Reconstructing Amelia by Kimberly McCreight. Copies of the novel are available at the Upper Level Circulation Desk.
About the Book
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. But when Kate arrives at Grace Hall, she's blindsided by far
more devastating news: Amelia is dead. Despondent, she's jumped from the
school's roof. At least that's what Grace Hall and the police tell
Kate. It's what she believes, too, until she gets the anonymous text: Amelia didn't jump.
Now, Kate is going to find the truth—no matter where it leads. 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.
A superb blend of Tana French and Jodi Picoult, Reconstructing Amelia
is a story of secrets and lies, friends and bullies. 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.
Next Month: The Reason I Jump by Naoki Higashida
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