Where They Found Her - Hardcover

McCreight, Kimberly

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0062225464 ISBN 13: 9780062225467

Publisher: HarperCollins, 2015

Synopsis

"McCreight creates a world that pulls us in completely and genuinely, with characters that can enrage, amuse, and fill us with empathy. It's a thrilling novel."--GILLIAN FLYNN, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Gone Girl

Motherhood hasn't been easy for Molly Anderson, and the years since the loss of her second child have been a particular struggle. But six months after moving from New York City to sophisticated Ridgedale, New Jersey, she's finally enjoying life again, as mother of a five-year-old daughter and fledgling arts reporter for the local paper. But this tenuous stability is threatened when the body of a newborn is found in the woods behind prestigious Ridgedale University and Molly is assigned the story. Over the objections of her increasingly concerned husband, Molly dives into reporting, determined to prove herself by uncovering the truth. What she finds is a decades-old trail of dark secrets that winds through every corner of the town.

Told from the perspectives of Molly; Barbara, wife of Ridgedale's police chief, whose faltering son is unraveling her picture-perfect life; and a sixteen-year old high school dropout, Sandy, who is dealing with her wayward mother, Where They Found Her reveals that the tragic truth about what happened to the baby lies at the unexpected intersection of these three very different women's lives. It is a taut and profoundly moving novel about mothers and daughters--the fierce bonds that unite them and the deceit that can drive them apart. But most of all it's about the heartbreakingly high price of history. The past can be artfully denied, but never truly buried.

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Review:

-McCreight doesn't just give us an intense, interwoven, multigenerational, multi-household mystery (as if that isnt enough). She creates a world that pulls us in completely and genuinely, with characters that can enrage, amuse, and fill us with empathy. It's a thrilling, lovely novel.---Gillian Flynn, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Gone Girl

-A roller-coaster of a novel.... How lucky for us readers--McCreight has once again proven herself to be an insightful writer capable of taking us on a hell of a ride.---Jodi Picoult, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Leaving Time and The Storyteller

-I recently picked up McCreight's 2013 debut, and I could not put it down.... It's no surprise that McCreight's latest novel, Where They Found Her...is at the top of my to-read list.---EW.com (Entertainment Weekly online)

-Suspenseful.... McCreight is quickly rising into a league with the best purveyors of the stuff, from Jodi Picoult to Harlan Coben.---USA Today

-In the latest psychological suspense tale from the bestselling author of Reconstructing Amelia, a journalist uncovers her community's darkest secrets after an infant's body is found in the woods.---Entertainment Weekly -Must List-

-The way McCreight weaves the tale through three different perspectives will both haunt and shock you.---Glamour

-While many books have been billed as the next Gone Girl, this mystery thriller definitely will intrigue fans of Gillian Flynn's bestseller.... Told in multiple views, the reader will have to decide what is truth and what is fiction in this heart-pounding read.---InStyle Magazine

-McCreight has done an excellent job of weaving a haunting story of expectation and loss.---Columbus Dispatch

-Even seasoned mystery readers won't see the twists coming in this fast-paced read filled with unreliable narrators.---Cleveland Plain Dealer

-McCreight...keep[s] us guessing right to the end...---Charlotte Observer

From the Back Cover:

Motherhood hasn't been easy for Molly Anderson, and the years since the loss of her second child have been a particular struggle. But six months after moving from New York City to sophisticated Ridgedale, New Jersey, she's finally enjoying life again, as mother of a five-year-old daughter and fledgling arts reporter for the local paper.

But this tenuous stability is threatened when the body of a newborn is found in the woods behind prestigious Ridgedale University and Molly is assigned the story. Over the objections of her increasingly concerned husband, Molly dives into reporting, determined to prove herself by uncovering the truth. What she finds is a decades-old trail of dark secrets that winds through every corner of the town.

Told from the perspectives of Molly; Barbara, wife of Ridgedale's police chief, whose faltering son is unraveling her picture-perfect life; and a sixteen-year-old high school dropout, Sandy, who is dealing with her wayward mother, Where They Found Her reveals that the tragic truth about what happened to the baby lies at the unexpected intersection of these three very different women's lives. It is a taut and profoundly moving novel about mothers and daughters--the fierce bonds that unite them and the deceit that can drive them apart. But most of all it's about the heartbreakingly high price of history. The past can be artfully denied, but never truly buried.

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0062225464
• ISBN 13: 9780062225467
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 326