I just read this one for my book club. WOW. I'm really glad I did. It was the hardest book to put down since I read the Silent Patient. Loved it. So many twists and turns - all REALLY well done. This is the story of Emma, a young 14 year old girl who goes away to camp for the first time. It is a well known camp for girls of the affluent. While there she meets Vivienne, Natalie and Allison. Vivienne especially takes Emma under her wing, treats her like a little sister. But one night, the three girls sneak out of their cabin and never return.
This story takes place in the past ( 15 years ago) but also in the present. Camp Nightengale has just reopened and Emma, now a famous artist, has been invited back to teach the girls art.
The author does a wonderful job of carefully weaving the stories together, revealing just enough of the past and mixing it - at just the right moment- with the present. This book really grabbed me and kept me reading. I usually have a book for the pool, the tub and bedtime. This book was so engrossing that it superseded everything else I was reading because it had to.
5 stars.
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