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Everything We Ever Wanted

(Paperback)


Publishing Details

Full Title:

Everything We Ever Wanted

Contributors:

By (Author) Sara Shepard

ISBN:

9780007304493

Publisher:

HarperCollins Publishers

Imprint:

HarperCollins

Publication Date:

3rd February 2011

Country:

United Kingdom

Classifications

Readership:

General

Genre:
Fiction/Non-fiction:

Fiction

Other Subjects:

Classic fiction: general and literary
Family life fiction
Contemporary lifestyle fiction
Narrative theme: Coming of age
Narrative theme: Love and relationships

Dewey:

813.6

Physical Properties

Physical Format:

Paperback

Number of Pages:

336

Dimensions:

Width 129mm, Height 198mm, Spine 20mm

Weight:

235g

Description

How do you choose between your family and your history Emotional and compelling storytelling from Sara Shepard, author of All the Things We Didnt Say.
A late-night phone call on a Sunday evening rarely brings good news. So when Sylvie, a recently-widowed mother of two, receives a call from the head teacher of the school she's on the board of, she knows it won't be something she wants to hear. The school was founded by her grandfather, and she's inherited everything he strived to build up - a reputation, a heritage, the school and the grand old family house. And with this inheritance comes responsibility.

So when her son Scott is whispered to be involved in a scandal that led to the death of one of the boys he coaches at the school, it throws the family into chaos: Sylvie has to decide between her loyalty to the school that has been part of her family legacy for years and her son who she feels wants nothing to do with her. She starts spying on the dead boy's father, making an unlikely connection.

Sara Shepard's compelling new novel tells how hard it can be to really, truly connect to people, how making quick, easy judgments can come back to haunt you, and how the life you always planned for - and always dreamed of - often doesn't always turn out the way you imagined at all

Reviews

Wonderfully complex and human and very, very difficult to put down
Catherine Ryan Hyde, author of Love in the Present Tense

A touching storyShepards writing brings her sweet, troubled characters alive
Heat

This beautifully written story is complex, emotional and totally absorbing
Closer

Author Bio

Sara Shepard graduated from NYU and has an MFA from Brooklyn College. She currently lives in Philadelphia,Pennsylvania. Sara''s Pretty Little Liars novels were inspired by her upbringing in Philadelphia''s Main Line. All the Things We Didnt Say is her first novel for adults.

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