Girl A : a novel / Abigail Dean.
Lex Gracie doesn't want to think about her family. She doesn't want to think about growing up in her parents' House of Horrors. And she doesn't want to think about her identity as Girl A: the girl who escaped, the eldest sister who freed her older brother and youngest siblings. It's been easy enough to avoid her parents-- her father never made it out of the mess he created, and her mother spent the rest of her life behind bars. But when her mother dies in prison and leaves Lex and her siblings the family home, she can't run from her past any longer. Together with her sister Evie, Lex intends to turn the House of Horrors into a force for good. First she must come to terms with her siblings-- and with the childhood they shared. What begins as a propulsive tale of escape and survival becomes a gripping psychological family story about the shifting alliances and betrayals of sibling relationships-- about the secrets our siblings keep, from themselves and each other. Who have each of these siblings become? How do their memories defy or galvanize Lex's own? As Lex pins each sibling down to agree to her family's final act, she discovers how potent the spell of shared family mythology is. Who among them remains in its thrall and who has truly broken free?
Record details
- ISBN: 9780593295847 (hardcover)
- ISBN: 0593295846 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 344 pages ; 24 cm
- Publisher: New York, NY : Viking, [2021]
- Copyright: ©2021
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Subject: | Siblings > Fiction. Families > Fiction. Family secrets > Fiction. Family violence > Psychological aspects > Fiction. |
Genre: | Thrillers (Fiction) |
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- 7 of 7 copies available at Lehigh Carbon Library Cooperative.
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- 0 current holds with 7 total copies.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Coplay Public Library | FIC DEA (Text) | 31961000256418 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Emmaus Public Library | FIC DEAN, ABIGAIL (Text) | 36446002033358 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Lehighton Area Memorial Library | F DEA (Text) | 30445100181347 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Lower Macungie Library | FIC DEA (Text) | 33400001507386 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Slatington Public Library | F DEAN (Text) | 34175100238385 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Southern Lehigh Public Library | FIC DEA (Text) | 30044100848532 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Dimmick Main Library | F DEA (Text)
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Gifted 2021 in Memory of Maxine Mertz
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Summary:
Lex Gracie doesn't want to think about her family. She doesn't want to think about growing up in her parents' House of Horrors. And she doesn't want to think about her identity as Girl A: the girl who escaped, the eldest sister who freed her older brother and youngest siblings. It's been easy enough to avoid her parents-- her father never made it out of the mess he created, and her mother spent the rest of her life behind bars. But when her mother dies in prison and leaves Lex and her siblings the family home, she can't run from her past any longer. Together with her sister Evie, Lex intends to turn the House of Horrors into a force for good. First she must come to terms with her siblings-- and with the childhood they shared. What begins as a propulsive tale of escape and survival becomes a gripping psychological family story about the shifting alliances and betrayals of sibling relationships-- about the secrets our siblings keep, from themselves and each other. Who have each of these siblings become? How do their memories defy or galvanize Lex's own? As Lex pins each sibling down to agree to her family's final act, she discovers how potent the spell of shared family mythology is. Who among them remains in its thrall and who has truly broken free?