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Books, Movies, & More
If you Liked 'Big Little Lies'
The Abstinence Teacher
by
Tom Perrotta
Teaching human sexuality from a perspective that information and pleasure are top priorities, divorced mom Ruth Ramsey butts heads with the local soccer coach, a divorced former addict who became an evangelical Christian after hitting rock bottom. By the author of
Joe College
.
Friendship
by
Emily Gould
Dragged kicking and screaming into real adulthood, best friends Bev Tunney, who just found out she's pregnant, and Amy Schein, a spoiled East Coast princess, discover that growing up might mean growing apart as they try to help each other even though they can't help themselves.
Flying Shoes
by
Lisa Howorth
A tale based on the unsolved murder of the author's young stepbrother finds a traumatized woman returning to the family home where her brother was killed by a suspect who eluded justice. A first novel by the award-winning cofounder of
Oxford's Square Books
.
The Silent Sister
by
Diane Chamberlain
Settling her late father's affairs only to discover evidence that contradicts understandings about her sister's suicide 20 years earlier, Riley MacPherson learns that her sister is still alive and has been on the run from dangerous family secrets. By the best-selling author of
Necessary Lies.
Reconstructing Amelia
by
Kimberly McCreight
When her high-achieving 15-year-old daughter Amelia supposedly commits suicide after she is caught cheating, litigation lawyer and single mother Kate Baron, leveled by grief, must reconstruct the pieces of Amelia's life to find the truth and vindicate the memory of the daughter whose life she could not save.
The Headmaster's Wife
by
Thomas Christopher Greene
Found mentally altered in Central Park, the headmaster of an elite boarding school imparts a story that is shaped by complicated memories, the evolution of a loving relationship and a tragedy he cannot comprehend. By the award-winning author of
Envious Moon
.
The Last First Day
by
Carrie Brown
Passionately devoted to the husband whose family took her in as an orphan in childhood, Ruth wonders about her choices and the life they will share when her husband retires as the legendary head of a private boys' school to which the couple has given everything they have. By the award-winning author of
The Rope Walk
.
The Fever
by
Megan E. Abbott
A small town becomes unraveled after a young teen has a scary, unexplained seizure in her high school class and rumors of a hazardous illness quickly move through the school and the community, spreading hysteria and destroying friendships and families.
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