Reconstructing Amelia -

Kimberly McCreight

Simon & Schuster UK

2013

400 páginas

13h 20m

ISBN-13: 9780062225436

In Reconstructing Amelia, the stunning debut novel from Kimberly McCreight, Kate's in the middle of the biggest meeting of her career when she gets the telephone call from Grace Hall, her daughter's exclusive private school in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Amelia has been suspended, effective immediately, and Kate must come get her daughter—now. But Kate's stress over leaving work quickly turns to panic when she arrives at the school and finds it surrounded by police officers, fire trucks, and an ambulance. By then it's already too late for Amelia. And for Kate.

An academic overachiever despondent over getting caught cheating has jumped to her death. At least that's the story Grace Hall tells Kate. And clouded as she is by her guilt and grief, it is the one she forces herself to believe. Until she gets an anonymous text: She didn't jump.

Reconstructing Amelia is about secret first loves, old friendships, and an all-girls club steeped in tradition. But, most of all, it's the story of how far a mother will go to vindicate the memory of a daughter whose life she couldn't save.

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5 (Perfeito)

Trama intrigante

Fiquei acordada até às 4 da manhã para terminar de ler. Tive tanta vontade de abraçar a Amelia e a Kate ao longo dos capítulos. Gostei bastante da construção das duas supracitadas personagens, das reviravoltas e das revelações. A autora soube me manter interessada até a última linha. Recomendei para os amigos que gostam de mistério.