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Suspenseful and cinematic, "Bittersweet" exposes the gothic underbelly ofan idyllic world of privilege and an outsider s hunger to belong.
On scholarship at a prestigious East Coast college, ordinary Mabel Dagmar is surprised to befriend her roommate, thebeautiful, wild, blue-blooded Genevra Winslow.Ev invites Mabel to spend the summer at Bittersweet, her cottage on the Vermont estate where her family has been holding court for more than a century; it s the kind of place where children twirl sparklers across the lawn during cocktail hour.Mabel falls in love with midnight skinny-dipping, the wet dog smell that lingers near the yachts, and themoneyed laughter that carries across the still lake while fireworks burst overhead. Before she knows it, she has everything she s ever wanted: friendship, a boyfriend, access to wealth, and, most of all, for the first time in her life, the sense that she belongs.
But as Mabel becomes an insider, aterrible discovery leads to shocking violence and reveals what the Winslows may have done to keep their power intact - and what they might do to anyone who threatens them.Mabelmust choose: either expose the ugliness surrounding her and face expulsion from paradise, or keep the family s dark secrets and make Ev's world her own."
On scholarship at a prestigious East Coast college, ordinary Mabel Dagmar is surprised to befriend her roommate, thebeautiful, wild, blue-blooded Genevra Winslow.Ev invites Mabel to spend the summer at Bittersweet, her cottage on the Vermont estate where her family has been holding court for more than a century; it s the kind of place where children twirl sparklers across the lawn during cocktail hour.Mabel falls in love with midnight skinny-dipping, the wet dog smell that lingers near the yachts, and themoneyed laughter that carries across the still lake while fireworks burst overhead. Before she knows it, she has everything she s ever wanted: friendship, a boyfriend, access to wealth, and, most of all, for the first time in her life, the sense that she belongs.
But as Mabel becomes an insider, aterrible discovery leads to shocking violence and reveals what the Winslows may have done to keep their power intact - and what they might do to anyone who threatens them.Mabelmust choose: either expose the ugliness surrounding her and face expulsion from paradise, or keep the family s dark secrets and make Ev's world her own."
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Review:
"Gripping, beguiling and beautifully written, "Bittersweet" is a page turner that chills as it intoxicates. Miranda Beverly-Whittemore has created a family so dangerously enthralling that the more we learn of their greed and bloodlust, the more we aspire to belong." --Kate Christensen, PEN/Faulkner award-winning author of "The Great Man" and "Blue Plate Special"
""Bittersweet" is the kind of book you hope to stumble across on a rainy vacation weekend: a wild New England gothic full of family secrets, mysteriously locked doors, sailboats, suntans, forbidden lust, and a few priceless works of art. An engrossing summer blast." --Maggie Shipstead, national bestselling author of "Seating Arrangements "and "Astonish Me"
"In the tradition of "The Great Gatsby", Miranda Beverly-Whittemore's heroine is an outsider invited into the secret, labyrinthine world of the super-rich--but the twist is, you never met such debauched people as the Winslows. "Bittersweet" is a satisfyingly dramatic, super-juicy read." --Jenna Blum, "New York Times" and internationally bestselling author of "Those Who Save Us" and "The Stormchasers"
"Part coming-of-age story, part riveting mystery, "Bittersweet" is a tantalizing tale of an outsider thrust into a glittering world of immense privilege and suspect morals. With a narrator torn between uncovering one family's dark secrets and protecting her own, "Bittersweet" brilliantly explores the complicated question of what price any of us would pay to seize the life of our dreams." --Kimberly McCreight, "New York Times" bestselling author of "Reconstructing Amelia"
"Evokes "Gone Girl" with its exploration of dark secrets and edge-of-your-seat twists." --"Entertainment Weekly, "Lanford Beard
"In the tradition of "The Great Gatsby," Miranda Beverly-Whittemore's heroine is an outsider invited into the secret, labyrinthine world of the super-rich--but the twist is, you never met such debauched people as the Winslows."Bittersweet" is a satisfyingly dramatic, super-juicy read." --Jenna Blum, "New York Times" and internationally bestselling author of "Those Who Save Us" and "The Stormchasers"
""Bittersweet" is the kind of book you hope to stumble across on a rainy vacation weekend: a wild New England gothic full of family secrets, mysteriously locked doors, sailboats, suntans, forbidden lust, and a few priceless works of art. An engrossing summer blast." --Maggie Shipstead, national bestselling author of "Seating Arrangements "and "Astonish Me
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"In "Bittersweet," Miranda Beverly-Whittemore prizes up the veneer of an old, privileged American family to discover depths of intrigue, power, and menace beneath. In its guise as a coming-of-age mystery, the book is both swift and arresting; that the novel also doubles as an insightful meditation on class, aspiration, and longing makes the book reverberate in the reader long past its final line." --Lauren Groff, "New York Times" bestselling author of "The Monsters of Templeton" and "Arcadia"
"Gripping, beguiling and beautifully written, "Bittersweet" is a page turner that chills as it intoxicates. Miranda Beverly-Whittemore has created a family so dangerously enthralling that the more we learn of their greed and bloodlust, the more we aspire to belong." --Kate Christensen, PEN/Faulkner award-winning author of "The Great Man" and "Blue Plate Special"
"Part coming-of-age story, part riveting mystery, "Bittersweet" is a tantalizing tale of an outsider thrust into a glittering world of immense privilege and suspect morals. With a narrator torn between uncoverin
"As a young woman struggles to read Paradise Lost, she faces her own temptation. Is she brave enough to choose good over evil?...Beverly-Whittemore has crafted a page-turner riddled with stubborn clues, a twisty plot and beguiling characters." --"Kirkus," starred review
"Evokes "Gone Girl" with its exploration of dark secrets and edge-of-your-seat twists." --"Entertainment Weekly, "Lanford Beard
"Suspenseful and intriguing, filled with characters who both fit the blue-blood mold and break the stereotypes we all associate with the upper class. Her short chapters, with their cliff-hanger endings, will keep readers turning pages late into the night." --"Booklist"
"Beverly-Whittemore captures both the idyllic beauty of a Vermont summer and its dark shadows ...gothic tangles wind the plot more and more tightly. ...A suspenseful tale of corruption and bad behavior among wealthy New Englanders. Readers who enjoy coming-of-age stories featuring dark secrets that affect generations will find much that appeals here." --"Library Journal"
"In the tradition of "The Great Gatsby," Miranda Beverly-Whittemore's heroine is an outsider invited into the secret, labyrinthine world of the super-rich--but the twist is, you never met such debauched people as the Winslows."Bittersweet" is a satisfyingly dramatic, super-juicy read." --Jenna Blum, "New York Times" and internationally bestselling author of "Those Who Save Us" and "The Stormchasers"
""Bittersweet" is the kind of book you hope to stumble across on a rainy vacation weekend: a wild New England gothic full of family secrets, mysteriously locked doors, sailboats, suntans, forbidden lust, and a few priceless works of art. An engrossing summer blast." --Maggie Shipstead, national bestselling author of "Seating Arrangements "and "Astonish Me
"
"In "Bittersweet," Miranda Beverly-Whittemore prizes up the veneer of an old, privileged American family to discover depths of intrigue, power, and mena
"Mesmerizing gothic thriller..."Bittersweet" is worth savoring--it unfolds like a long summer day, leisurely revealing the dark." --"People," Lisa Kay Greissinger
"What begins a little like Curtis Sittenfeld's "Prep" quickly warps into a sickly addictive thriller...think ABC's "Revenge" when it was good, only more scandalous...With books like "Bittersweet" to stuff in beach bags, it's beginning to feel a lot more like summer. A-" --"Entertainment Weekly," Stephan Lee
"Beverly-Whittemore has crafted a page-turner riddled with stubborn clues, a twisty plot and beguiling characters." --"Kirkus," starred review
"Evokes "Gone Girl" with its exploration of dark secrets and edge-of-your-seat twists." --"Entertainment Weekly, "Lanford Beard
"Takes the reader inside the glamorous world of the super-wealthy, where everything is not as it seems, and dark, long-buried family secrets gradually make their way to the surface. ...its strength lies in its elements of mystery. The result is a page-turner that will keep readers guessing until the end." --"BookPage"
"Suspenseful and intriguing, filled with characters who both fit the blue-blood mold and break the stereotypes we all associate with the upper class. Her short chapters, with their cliff-hanger endings, will keep readers turning pages late into the night." --"Booklist"
"Beverly-Whittemore captures both the idyllic beauty of a Vermont summer and its dark shadows ...gothic tangles wind the plot more and more tightly. ...A suspenseful tale of corruption and bad behavior among wealthy New Englanders. Readers who enjoy coming-of-age stories featuring dark secrets that affect generations will find much that appeals here." --"Library Journal"
"In the tradition of "The Great Gatsby," Miranda Beverly-Whittemore's heroine is an outsider invited into the secret, labyrinthine world of the super-rich--but the twist is, you never met such debauched people as the Winslows."Bittersweet" isa
"Beverly-Whittemore is at her best bringing Winloch vividly to life, evoking the look and feel of its cottages and dining hall, and its daily summer rhythms...A fairy tale aspect - of the Grimm, not the Disney variety - pervades the novel, which artfully builds an increasing sense of menace...Like a Downton-in-Vermont, "Bittersweet" takes swift, implausible plot turns, and its family secrets flow like a bottomless magnum of champagne, but Beverly-Whittemore succeeds in shining a light into the dark, brutal flaws of the human heart." --"New York Times Book Review"
"Mesmerizing gothic thriller..."Bittersweet" is worth savoring--it unfolds like a long summer day, leisurely revealing the dark." --"People," Lisa Kay Greissinger
"What begins a little like Curtis Sittenfeld's "Prep" quickly warps into a sickly addictive thriller...think ABC's "Revenge" when it was good, only more scandalous...With books like "Bittersweet" to stuff in beach bags, it's beginning to feel a lot more like summer. A-" --"Entertainment Weekly," Stephan Lee
"Beverly-Whittemore has crafted a page-turner riddled with stubborn clues, a twisty plot and beguiling characters." --"Kirkus," starred review
"Evokes "Gone Girl" with its exploration of dark secrets and edge-of-your-seat twists." --"Entertainment Weekly, "Lanford Beard
"Takes the reader inside the glamorous world of the super-wealthy, where everything is not as it seems, and dark, long-buried family secrets gradually make their way to the surface. ...its strength lies in its elements of mystery. The result is a page-turner that will keep readers guessing until the end." --"BookPage"
"Suspenseful and intriguing, filled with characters who both fit the blue-blood mold and break the stereotypes we all associate with the upper class. Her short chapters, with their cliff-hanger endings, will keep readers turning pages late into the night." --"Booklist"
"Beverly-Whittemore captures both the idyllic b
*NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER*
"*NEW YORK DAILY NEWS'" "BOOKS OF SUMMER" PICK*
"Beverly-Whittemore is at her best bringing Winloch vividly to life, evoking the look and feel of its cottages and dining hall, and its daily summer rhythms...A fairy tale aspect - of the Grimm, not the Disney variety - pervades the novel, which artfully builds an increasing sense of menace...Like a Downton-in-Vermont, "Bittersweet" takes swift, implausible plot turns, and its family secrets flow like a bottomless magnum of champagne, but Beverly-Whittemore succeeds in shining a light into the dark, brutal flaws of the human heart." --"New York Times Book Review"
"Mesmerizing gothic thriller..."Bittersweet" is worth savoring--it unfolds like a long summer day, leisurely revealing the dark." --"People," Lisa Kay Greissinger
"What begins a little like Curtis Sittenfeld's "Prep" quickly warps into a sickly addictive thriller...think ABC's "Revenge" when it was good, only more scandalous...With books like "Bittersweet" to stuff in beach bags, it's beginning to feel a lot more like summer. A-" --"Entertainment Weekly," Stephan Lee
"Beverly-Whittemore has crafted a page-turner riddled with stubborn clues, a twisty plot and beguiling characters." --"Kirkus," starred review
"[An] intriguing outsider tale of the 1%." --"The New York Post; "Summer's Hottest Fiction pick""
"For fans of Edward St. Aubyn... Miranda Beverly-Whittemore's"Bittersweet" spins a New England gothic filled with blonde bluebloods and heavily bolted doors." --Vogue.com
"Evokes "Gone Girl" with its exploration of dark secrets and edge-of-your-seat twists." --"Entertainment Weekly, "Lanford Beard
"Takes the reader inside the glamorous world of the super-wealthy, where everything is not as it seems, and dark, long-buried family secrets gradually make their way to the surface. ...its strength lies in its elements of mystery. The result is a page-turner that will keep readers
*"NEW YORK TIMES" BESTSELLER*
*"NEW YORK POST'S" "SUMMER'S HOTTEST FICTION" PICK*
"*NEW YORK DAILY NEWS'" "BOOKS OF SUMMER" PICK*
"Beverly-Whittemore is at her best bringing Winloch vividly to life, evoking the look and feel of its cottages and dining hall, and its daily summer rhythms...A fairy tale aspect - of the Grimm, not the Disney variety - pervades the novel, which artfully builds an increasing sense of menace...Like a Downton-in-Vermont, "Bittersweet" takes swift, implausible plot turns, and its family secrets flow like a bottomless magnum of champagne, but Beverly-Whittemore succeeds in shining a light into the dark, brutal flaws of the human heart." --"New York Times Book Review"
"Mesmerizing gothic thriller..."Bittersweet" is worth savoring--it unfolds like a long summer day, leisurely revealing the dark." --"People," Lisa Kay Greissinger
"What begins a little like Curtis Sittenfeld's "Prep" quickly warps into a sickly addictive thriller...think ABC's "Revenge" when it was good, only more scandalous...With books like "Bittersweet" to stuff in beach bags, it's beginning to feel a lot more like summer. A-" --"Entertainment Weekly," Stephan Lee
"Beverly-Whittemore has crafted a page-turner riddled with stubborn clues, a twisty plot and beguiling characters." --"Kirkus," starred review
"[An] intriguing outsider tale of the 1%." --"The New York Post; "Summer's Hottest Fiction pick""
"For fans of Edward St. Aubyn... Miranda Beverly-Whittemore's"Bittersweet" spins a New England gothic filled with blonde bluebloods and heavily bolted doors." --Vogue.com
"Evokes "Gone Girl" with its exploration of dark secrets and edge-of-your-seat twists." --"Entertainment Weekly, "Lanford Beard
"Takes the reader inside the glamorous world of the super-wealthy, where everything is not as it seems, and dark, long-buried family secrets gradually make their way to the surface. ...its strength lies in its elements of mystery. The result is a page-turner that will keep readers guessing until the end." --"BookPage"
"Suspenseful and intriguing, filled with characters who both fit the blue-blood mold and break the stereotypes we all associate with the upper class. Her short chapters, with their cliff-hanger endings, will keep readers turning pages late into the night." --"Booklist"
"Beverly-Whittemore captures both the idyllic beauty of a Vermont summer and its dark shadows ...gothic tangles wind the plot more and more tightly. ...A suspenseful tale of corruption and bad behavior among wealthy New Englanders. Readers who enjoy coming-of-age stories featuring dark secrets that affect generations will find much that appeals here." --"Library Journal"
"In the tradition of "The Great Gatsby," Miranda Beverly-Whittemore's heroine is an outsider invited into the secret, labyrinthine world of the super-rich--but the twist is, you never met such debauched people as the Winslows."Bittersweet" is a satisfyingly dramatic, super-juicy read." --Jenna Blum, "New York Times" and internationally bestselling author of "Those Who Save Us" and "The Stormchasers"
""Bittersweet" is the kind of book you hope to stumble across on a rainy vacation weekend: a wild New England gothic full of family secrets, mysteriously locked doors, sailboats, suntans, forbidden lust, and a few priceless works of art. An engrossing summer blast." --Maggie Shipstead, national bestselling author of "Seating Arrangements "and "Astonish Me
"
"In "Bittersweet," Miranda Beverly-Whittemore prizes up the veneer of an old, privileged American family to discover depths of intrigue, power, and menace beneath. In its guise as a coming-of-age mystery, the book is both swift and arresting; that the novel also doubles as an insightful meditation on class, aspiration, and longing makes the book reverberate in the reader long past its final line." --Lauren Groff, "New York Times" bestselling author of "The Monsters of Templeton" and "Arcadia"
"Gripping, beguiling and beautifully written, "Bittersweet" is a page turner that chills as it intoxicates. Miranda Beverly-Whittemore has created a family so dangerously enthralling that the more we learn of their greed and bloodlust, the more we aspire to belong." --Kate Christensen, PEN/Faulkner award-winning author of "The Great Man" and "Blue Plate Special"
"Part coming-of-age story, pa...
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""Bittersweet" is the kind of book you hope to stumble across on a rainy vacation weekend: a wild New England gothic full of family secrets, mysteriously locked doors, sailboats, suntans, forbidden lust, and a few priceless works of art. An engrossing summer blast." --Maggie Shipstead, national bestselling author of "Seating Arrangements "and "Astonish Me"
"In the tradition of "The Great Gatsby", Miranda Beverly-Whittemore's heroine is an outsider invited into the secret, labyrinthine world of the super-rich--but the twist is, you never met such debauched people as the Winslows. "Bittersweet" is a satisfyingly dramatic, super-juicy read." --Jenna Blum, "New York Times" and internationally bestselling author of "Those Who Save Us" and "The Stormchasers"
"Part coming-of-age story, part riveting mystery, "Bittersweet" is a tantalizing tale of an outsider thrust into a glittering world of immense privilege and suspect morals. With a narrator torn between uncovering one family's dark secrets and protecting her own, "Bittersweet" brilliantly explores the complicated question of what price any of us would pay to seize the life of our dreams." --Kimberly McCreight, "New York Times" bestselling author of "Reconstructing Amelia"
"Evokes "Gone Girl" with its exploration of dark secrets and edge-of-your-seat twists." --"Entertainment Weekly, "Lanford Beard
"In the tradition of "The Great Gatsby," Miranda Beverly-Whittemore's heroine is an outsider invited into the secret, labyrinthine world of the super-rich--but the twist is, you never met such debauched people as the Winslows."Bittersweet" is a satisfyingly dramatic, super-juicy read." --Jenna Blum, "New York Times" and internationally bestselling author of "Those Who Save Us" and "The Stormchasers"
""Bittersweet" is the kind of book you hope to stumble across on a rainy vacation weekend: a wild New England gothic full of family secrets, mysteriously locked doors, sailboats, suntans, forbidden lust, and a few priceless works of art. An engrossing summer blast." --Maggie Shipstead, national bestselling author of "Seating Arrangements "and "Astonish Me
"
"In "Bittersweet," Miranda Beverly-Whittemore prizes up the veneer of an old, privileged American family to discover depths of intrigue, power, and menace beneath. In its guise as a coming-of-age mystery, the book is both swift and arresting; that the novel also doubles as an insightful meditation on class, aspiration, and longing makes the book reverberate in the reader long past its final line." --Lauren Groff, "New York Times" bestselling author of "The Monsters of Templeton" and "Arcadia"
"Gripping, beguiling and beautifully written, "Bittersweet" is a page turner that chills as it intoxicates. Miranda Beverly-Whittemore has created a family so dangerously enthralling that the more we learn of their greed and bloodlust, the more we aspire to belong." --Kate Christensen, PEN/Faulkner award-winning author of "The Great Man" and "Blue Plate Special"
"Part coming-of-age story, part riveting mystery, "Bittersweet" is a tantalizing tale of an outsider thrust into a glittering world of immense privilege and suspect morals. With a narrator torn between uncoverin
"As a young woman struggles to read Paradise Lost, she faces her own temptation. Is she brave enough to choose good over evil?...Beverly-Whittemore has crafted a page-turner riddled with stubborn clues, a twisty plot and beguiling characters." --"Kirkus," starred review
"Evokes "Gone Girl" with its exploration of dark secrets and edge-of-your-seat twists." --"Entertainment Weekly, "Lanford Beard
"Suspenseful and intriguing, filled with characters who both fit the blue-blood mold and break the stereotypes we all associate with the upper class. Her short chapters, with their cliff-hanger endings, will keep readers turning pages late into the night." --"Booklist"
"Beverly-Whittemore captures both the idyllic beauty of a Vermont summer and its dark shadows ...gothic tangles wind the plot more and more tightly. ...A suspenseful tale of corruption and bad behavior among wealthy New Englanders. Readers who enjoy coming-of-age stories featuring dark secrets that affect generations will find much that appeals here." --"Library Journal"
"In the tradition of "The Great Gatsby," Miranda Beverly-Whittemore's heroine is an outsider invited into the secret, labyrinthine world of the super-rich--but the twist is, you never met such debauched people as the Winslows."Bittersweet" is a satisfyingly dramatic, super-juicy read." --Jenna Blum, "New York Times" and internationally bestselling author of "Those Who Save Us" and "The Stormchasers"
""Bittersweet" is the kind of book you hope to stumble across on a rainy vacation weekend: a wild New England gothic full of family secrets, mysteriously locked doors, sailboats, suntans, forbidden lust, and a few priceless works of art. An engrossing summer blast." --Maggie Shipstead, national bestselling author of "Seating Arrangements "and "Astonish Me
"
"In "Bittersweet," Miranda Beverly-Whittemore prizes up the veneer of an old, privileged American family to discover depths of intrigue, power, and mena
"Mesmerizing gothic thriller..."Bittersweet" is worth savoring--it unfolds like a long summer day, leisurely revealing the dark." --"People," Lisa Kay Greissinger
"What begins a little like Curtis Sittenfeld's "Prep" quickly warps into a sickly addictive thriller...think ABC's "Revenge" when it was good, only more scandalous...With books like "Bittersweet" to stuff in beach bags, it's beginning to feel a lot more like summer. A-" --"Entertainment Weekly," Stephan Lee
"Beverly-Whittemore has crafted a page-turner riddled with stubborn clues, a twisty plot and beguiling characters." --"Kirkus," starred review
"Evokes "Gone Girl" with its exploration of dark secrets and edge-of-your-seat twists." --"Entertainment Weekly, "Lanford Beard
"Takes the reader inside the glamorous world of the super-wealthy, where everything is not as it seems, and dark, long-buried family secrets gradually make their way to the surface. ...its strength lies in its elements of mystery. The result is a page-turner that will keep readers guessing until the end." --"BookPage"
"Suspenseful and intriguing, filled with characters who both fit the blue-blood mold and break the stereotypes we all associate with the upper class. Her short chapters, with their cliff-hanger endings, will keep readers turning pages late into the night." --"Booklist"
"Beverly-Whittemore captures both the idyllic beauty of a Vermont summer and its dark shadows ...gothic tangles wind the plot more and more tightly. ...A suspenseful tale of corruption and bad behavior among wealthy New Englanders. Readers who enjoy coming-of-age stories featuring dark secrets that affect generations will find much that appeals here." --"Library Journal"
"In the tradition of "The Great Gatsby," Miranda Beverly-Whittemore's heroine is an outsider invited into the secret, labyrinthine world of the super-rich--but the twist is, you never met such debauched people as the Winslows."Bittersweet" isa
"Beverly-Whittemore is at her best bringing Winloch vividly to life, evoking the look and feel of its cottages and dining hall, and its daily summer rhythms...A fairy tale aspect - of the Grimm, not the Disney variety - pervades the novel, which artfully builds an increasing sense of menace...Like a Downton-in-Vermont, "Bittersweet" takes swift, implausible plot turns, and its family secrets flow like a bottomless magnum of champagne, but Beverly-Whittemore succeeds in shining a light into the dark, brutal flaws of the human heart." --"New York Times Book Review"
"Mesmerizing gothic thriller..."Bittersweet" is worth savoring--it unfolds like a long summer day, leisurely revealing the dark." --"People," Lisa Kay Greissinger
"What begins a little like Curtis Sittenfeld's "Prep" quickly warps into a sickly addictive thriller...think ABC's "Revenge" when it was good, only more scandalous...With books like "Bittersweet" to stuff in beach bags, it's beginning to feel a lot more like summer. A-" --"Entertainment Weekly," Stephan Lee
"Beverly-Whittemore has crafted a page-turner riddled with stubborn clues, a twisty plot and beguiling characters." --"Kirkus," starred review
"Evokes "Gone Girl" with its exploration of dark secrets and edge-of-your-seat twists." --"Entertainment Weekly, "Lanford Beard
"Takes the reader inside the glamorous world of the super-wealthy, where everything is not as it seems, and dark, long-buried family secrets gradually make their way to the surface. ...its strength lies in its elements of mystery. The result is a page-turner that will keep readers guessing until the end." --"BookPage"
"Suspenseful and intriguing, filled with characters who both fit the blue-blood mold and break the stereotypes we all associate with the upper class. Her short chapters, with their cliff-hanger endings, will keep readers turning pages late into the night." --"Booklist"
"Beverly-Whittemore captures both the idyllic b
*NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER*
"*NEW YORK DAILY NEWS'" "BOOKS OF SUMMER" PICK*
"Beverly-Whittemore is at her best bringing Winloch vividly to life, evoking the look and feel of its cottages and dining hall, and its daily summer rhythms...A fairy tale aspect - of the Grimm, not the Disney variety - pervades the novel, which artfully builds an increasing sense of menace...Like a Downton-in-Vermont, "Bittersweet" takes swift, implausible plot turns, and its family secrets flow like a bottomless magnum of champagne, but Beverly-Whittemore succeeds in shining a light into the dark, brutal flaws of the human heart." --"New York Times Book Review"
"Mesmerizing gothic thriller..."Bittersweet" is worth savoring--it unfolds like a long summer day, leisurely revealing the dark." --"People," Lisa Kay Greissinger
"What begins a little like Curtis Sittenfeld's "Prep" quickly warps into a sickly addictive thriller...think ABC's "Revenge" when it was good, only more scandalous...With books like "Bittersweet" to stuff in beach bags, it's beginning to feel a lot more like summer. A-" --"Entertainment Weekly," Stephan Lee
"Beverly-Whittemore has crafted a page-turner riddled with stubborn clues, a twisty plot and beguiling characters." --"Kirkus," starred review
"[An] intriguing outsider tale of the 1%." --"The New York Post; "Summer's Hottest Fiction pick""
"For fans of Edward St. Aubyn... Miranda Beverly-Whittemore's"Bittersweet" spins a New England gothic filled with blonde bluebloods and heavily bolted doors." --Vogue.com
"Evokes "Gone Girl" with its exploration of dark secrets and edge-of-your-seat twists." --"Entertainment Weekly, "Lanford Beard
"Takes the reader inside the glamorous world of the super-wealthy, where everything is not as it seems, and dark, long-buried family secrets gradually make their way to the surface. ...its strength lies in its elements of mystery. The result is a page-turner that will keep readers
*"NEW YORK TIMES" BESTSELLER*
*"NEW YORK POST'S" "SUMMER'S HOTTEST FICTION" PICK*
"*NEW YORK DAILY NEWS'" "BOOKS OF SUMMER" PICK*
"Beverly-Whittemore is at her best bringing Winloch vividly to life, evoking the look and feel of its cottages and dining hall, and its daily summer rhythms...A fairy tale aspect - of the Grimm, not the Disney variety - pervades the novel, which artfully builds an increasing sense of menace...Like a Downton-in-Vermont, "Bittersweet" takes swift, implausible plot turns, and its family secrets flow like a bottomless magnum of champagne, but Beverly-Whittemore succeeds in shining a light into the dark, brutal flaws of the human heart." --"New York Times Book Review"
"Mesmerizing gothic thriller..."Bittersweet" is worth savoring--it unfolds like a long summer day, leisurely revealing the dark." --"People," Lisa Kay Greissinger
"What begins a little like Curtis Sittenfeld's "Prep" quickly warps into a sickly addictive thriller...think ABC's "Revenge" when it was good, only more scandalous...With books like "Bittersweet" to stuff in beach bags, it's beginning to feel a lot more like summer. A-" --"Entertainment Weekly," Stephan Lee
"Beverly-Whittemore has crafted a page-turner riddled with stubborn clues, a twisty plot and beguiling characters." --"Kirkus," starred review
"[An] intriguing outsider tale of the 1%." --"The New York Post; "Summer's Hottest Fiction pick""
"For fans of Edward St. Aubyn... Miranda Beverly-Whittemore's"Bittersweet" spins a New England gothic filled with blonde bluebloods and heavily bolted doors." --Vogue.com
"Evokes "Gone Girl" with its exploration of dark secrets and edge-of-your-seat twists." --"Entertainment Weekly, "Lanford Beard
"Takes the reader inside the glamorous world of the super-wealthy, where everything is not as it seems, and dark, long-buried family secrets gradually make their way to the surface. ...its strength lies in its elements of mystery. The result is a page-turner that will keep readers guessing until the end." --"BookPage"
"Suspenseful and intriguing, filled with characters who both fit the blue-blood mold and break the stereotypes we all associate with the upper class. Her short chapters, with their cliff-hanger endings, will keep readers turning pages late into the night." --"Booklist"
"Beverly-Whittemore captures both the idyllic beauty of a Vermont summer and its dark shadows ...gothic tangles wind the plot more and more tightly. ...A suspenseful tale of corruption and bad behavior among wealthy New Englanders. Readers who enjoy coming-of-age stories featuring dark secrets that affect generations will find much that appeals here." --"Library Journal"
"In the tradition of "The Great Gatsby," Miranda Beverly-Whittemore's heroine is an outsider invited into the secret, labyrinthine world of the super-rich--but the twist is, you never met such debauched people as the Winslows."Bittersweet" is a satisfyingly dramatic, super-juicy read." --Jenna Blum, "New York Times" and internationally bestselling author of "Those Who Save Us" and "The Stormchasers"
""Bittersweet" is the kind of book you hope to stumble across on a rainy vacation weekend: a wild New England gothic full of family secrets, mysteriously locked doors, sailboats, suntans, forbidden lust, and a few priceless works of art. An engrossing summer blast." --Maggie Shipstead, national bestselling author of "Seating Arrangements "and "Astonish Me
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"In "Bittersweet," Miranda Beverly-Whittemore prizes up the veneer of an old, privileged American family to discover depths of intrigue, power, and menace beneath. In its guise as a coming-of-age mystery, the book is both swift and arresting; that the novel also doubles as an insightful meditation on class, aspiration, and longing makes the book reverberate in the reader long past its final line." --Lauren Groff, "New York Times" bestselling author of "The Monsters of Templeton" and "Arcadia"
"Gripping, beguiling and beautifully written, "Bittersweet" is a page turner that chills as it intoxicates. Miranda Beverly-Whittemore has created a family so dangerously enthralling that the more we learn of their greed and bloodlust, the more we aspire to belong." --Kate Christensen, PEN/Faulkner award-winning author of "The Great Man" and "Blue Plate Special"
"Part coming-of-age story, pa...
One perfect family. Too many perfect lies.
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- PublisherCrown Publishing Group (NY)
- Publication date2014
- ISBN 10 0804138567
- ISBN 13 9780804138567
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