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2000s: A college party goes very very wrong….
2000s: A college party goes very very wrong….
After a college party, two boys drive a girl home: drunk and passed out in the back seat. Rumours spread about what they did to her, but later they’ll tell the police a different version of events. Alice will never remember what truly happened. Her fracture runs deep, hidden beneath cleverness and wry humour. Nick – a sensitive, misguided boy who stood by – will never forget.
That’s just the beginning of this extraordinary journey into memory, fear and self-portrayal. Through university applications, a terrifying abusive relationship, a fateful reckoning with addiction and a final mind-bending twist, Alice and Nick will take on different roles to each other – some real, some invented – until finally, brought face to face once again, the secret of that night is revealed.
Novel set in a USA high school
There are no real locations in this novel as such, but then it could take place in any school, any high school in America. This is a novel about male privilege and the notion of he said/she said. The entire story takes place in a fictional high school but looks at the relationships between youngsters attending a party.
The structure of the novel is interesting – there are many flashbacks to when the students first applied for and started college, film scripts, secrets spilling out and more.
Destination/location: America/USA Author/guide:Kate Reed Perry Departure Time: 2000s
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