Hyacinth Girls

Frankel, Lauren

ISBN 10: 1501221973 ISBN 13: 9781501221972

Publisher: Brilliance Audio, 2016

Like New York Times bestseller Reconstructing Amelia, a stunning debut about a young teenager on the brink and a parent desperate to find the truth before it’s too late.

Thirteen year old Callie is accused of bullying at school, but Rebecca knows the kind and gentle girl she’s raised is innocent. While Callie is eventually exonerated, threatening notes from her alleged victim, Robyn, begin to surface, and as the notes become suicidal, Rebecca is determined to save the unbalanced Robyn. As Rebecca navigates school disapproval and mean moms while trying to comfort Callie and help Robyn, she recalls her own intense betrayals and best-friendships at that age. Then, her failure to understand those closest to her led to losing them forever, and she’s determined that this story will end differently. But Rebecca has failed to understand what is really happening in Callie’s life, and now Callie is in terrible danger.

This raw and beautiful story investigates the intensity of adolescent emotions and the complex identity of a teenage girl.Hyacinth Girls looks unflinchingly at how cruelty exists in all of us, and how our worst impulses can sometimes estrange us from ourselves—or save us.

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Review

"'Do you know your children?' Thus begins "Hyacinth Girls, "a book with razor-sharp teeth, a pumping heart, and wide-open eyes; a plunge into the secret, murky waters between the bullies and the bullied. In her debut, Lauren Frankel conjures up real girlhood, the kind you don't read about in storybooks: complicated, troubling, and true."
--Miranda Beverly-Whittemore, "New York Times" bestselling author of "Bittersweet"
"Suspenseful and highly thought-provoking, "Hyacinth Girls "deftly""illuminates the potentially harrowing landscape of teenage friendships while lending fresh perspective to the complex issue of bullying."
--Kimberly McCreight, "New York Times" bestselling author of "Reconstructing Amelia"

Do you know your children? Thus begins "Hyacinth Girls, "a book with razor-sharp teeth, a pumping heart, and wide-open eyes; a plunge into the secret, murky waters between the bullies and the bullied. In her debut, Lauren Frankel conjures up real girlhood, the kind you don't read about in storybooks: complicated, troubling, and true.
Miranda Beverly-Whittemore, "New York Times" bestselling author of "Bittersweet"
Suspenseful and highly thought-provoking, "Hyacinth Girls "deftly" "illuminates the potentially harrowing landscape of teenage friendships while lending fresh perspective to the complex issue of bullying.
Kimberly McCreight, "New York Times" bestselling author of "Reconstructing Amelia
" Quite the twisty tale. New York Daily News
Disconcerting and suspenseful, Frankel s debut offers insights into the pressures of adolescence, the cruelty of society and how little we know our children. "People""

Do you know your children? Thus begins Hyacinth Girls, a book with razor-sharp teeth, a pumping heart, and wide-open eyes; a plunge into the secret, murky waters between the bullies and the bullied. In her debut, Lauren Frankel conjures up real girlhood, the kind you don't read about in storybooks: complicated, troubling, and true.
Miranda Beverly-Whittemore, New York Times bestselling author of Bittersweet
Suspenseful and highly thought-provoking, Hyacinth Girls deftly illuminates the potentially harrowing landscape of teenage friendships while lending fresh perspective to the complex issue of bullying.
Kimberly McCreight, New York Times bestselling author of Reconstructing Amelia
Quite the twisty tale. New York Daily News
Disconcerting and suspenseful, Frankel s debut offers insights into the pressures of adolescence, the cruelty of society and how little we know our children. People"

About the Author

Lauren Frankel received her BA in English from Vassar College. She has worked with young people, as both an educator and a librarian, in the US and the UK. She holds an MA in creative writing from the University of East Anglia, where she won the David Higham Award. Born in Connecticut, she now lives with her husband and son in England.

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