Whole Golden World e-bog
78,54 DKK
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Kristina Riggle, the acclaimed author of Real Life Liars, returns with a thought-provoking novel inspired by real-life eventsSeventeen-year-old Morgan Monetti shocks her parents and her community with one simple act: She chooses to stand by the man everyone else believes has exploited herpopular high school teacher TJ Hill. Quietly walking across a crowded courtroom to sit behind TJ, and not b...
E-bog
78,54 DKK
Forlag
William Morrow Paperbacks
Udgivet
5 november 2013
Længde
448 sider
Genrer
Fiction: general and literary
Sprog
English
Format
epub
Beskyttelse
LCP
ISBN
9780062206466
Kristina Riggle, the acclaimed author of Real Life Liars, returns with a thought-provoking novel inspired by real-life eventsSeventeen-year-old Morgan Monetti shocks her parents and her community with one simple act: She chooses to stand by the man everyone else believes has exploited herpopular high school teacher TJ Hill. Quietly walking across a crowded courtroom to sit behind TJ, and not beside her parents, she announces herself as the adult she believes herself to be.But her mother, Dinah, wants justice. Dinah is a fighter, and she believes with all her heart and soul that TJ is a man who took advantage of her daughter. He is a criminal who should be brought to justice, no matter what the cost to his family.Rain, TJs wife, is shocked that her handsome, loving, respected husband has been accused of a terrible crime. But has her desperation to start a family closed her eyes to the fault lines in her marriage? And can she face the painful truths about herself and her husband?Told from the perspectives of these three remarkable women, The Whole Golden World navigates the precarious territory between childhood and adulthood, raising questions about love and manipulation, marriage and motherhood, consent and responsibility. Its a novel both shocking and unforgettable in its power.