The Lake of Dead Languages (Ballantine Reader's Circle) - Softcover

Goodman, Carol

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0345450892 ISBN 13: 9780345450890

Publisher: Ballantine Books, 2003

Synopsis

"A gothic and elegant page-turner."--The Boston Globe

Twenty years ago, Jane Hudson fled the Heart Lake School for Girls in the Adirondacks after a terrible tragedy. The week before her graduation, in that sheltered wonderland, three lives were taken, all victims of suicide. Only Jane was left to carry the burden of a mystery that has stayed hidden in the depths of Heart Lake for more than two decades. Now Jane has returned to the school as a Latin teacher, recently separated and hoping to make a fresh start with her young daughter. But ominous messages from the past dredge up forgotten memories. And young, troubled girls are beginning to die again-as piece by piece the shattering truth slowly floats to the surface. . . .

About this title

Review:

"Like Donna Tartt's The Secret History or a good film noir . . . Jane's low-key narration has just the right tone to keep readers hooked."
-People (Page-turner of the week)

"The strength of The Lake of Dead Languages is a silken prose that lures the reader into Goodman's . . . story of murder, suicide . . . revenge, and madness."
-The Washington Post Book World

"PART SUSPENSE, PART COMING-OF-AGE, AND ALL-ENTHRALLING . . . A book that needs the roar of a fire to ward off its psychic chill."
-The Denver Post

From the Publisher:

From the depths of the past, deadly secrets are unfolding... A gripping story of murder and secrets in the bestseling tradition of Donna Tartt’s A Secret History.

About this edition

• Publisher: Ballantine Books
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0345450892
• ISBN 13: 9780345450890
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 432