by Liz Moore
Rating: 3.75 (2 ratings)
First published 2024
August 1975. A camp counselor discovers 13-year-old Barbara Van Laar's bunk empty. As a frantic search begins, a gripping drama unfolds. Barbara's family owns the camp and employs the town's residents, and her older brother vanished 14 years ago. Chasing the Van Laar's layered secrets and the blue-collar community's struggles, this wide-reaching novel explores the weight of the past and the hope of redemption.
Genres: 20th-century, coming-of-age, suspense, mystery, thriller, family-drama
Vibes: intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: secrets-and-lies, unreliable-narrator
576 pages · Paperback · Riverhead Books