Her work has appeared in such publications as Antietam Review, Oxford Magazine, and Babble.
After several years as a litigation associate at some of New York City’s biggest law firms, she left the practice of law to write full-time. Sometimes, a text is not so simple.Reconstructing Amelia is a cool New York-based debut thriller from a rising star in the thriller space: Kimberly McCreight, named one of Entertainment Weekly‘s “13 to Watch in 2013,” attended Vassar College and graduated cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania Law School. It is thought provoking in its questions about how we all communicate with one another. It’s not just a book with lesbian themes it’s a mystery that will linger with you once the last page is turned. This book stands out for its raw, honest and sincere look at teenagers and their secret lives in 21 st century America. But this book is also a look at first love, revealing all the sweetness and pain of self-realization. This book does not flinch in exposing adolescent bullying in all its bleak detail. Amelia’s first person accounts, related through social media and texts, leading up to her death, are compelling and brutally real. I am not often surprised by the twists and turns of such books, but I was constantly caught off guard by the emotional free fall I experienced reading this novel. I have read many detective and suspense novels. ©2013 Kimberly McCreight (P)2013 HarperCollins Publishers
Reconstructing Amelia is a stunning debut pause-resistor that brilliantly explores the secret world of teenagers, their clandestine first loves, hiddenįriendships, and the dangerous cruelty that can spill over into acts of terrible betrayal. She searches through Amelia’s emails, texts, andįacebook updates, piecing together the last troubled days of her daughter’s life.
Is determined to find out what those secrets were and who could have hated her daughter enough to kill. Clearly Amelia had secrets, and a life Kate knew nothing about. The moment she sees that message, Kate knows in her heart it’s true. In a state of shock and overcome by grief, Kate tries to come to grips with this life-shattering news. At least that’s the story Grace HallĪnd the police tell Kate. Her daughter is dead.ĭespondent over having been caught cheating, Amelia has jumped from the school’s roof in an act of impulsive suicide. Kate rushes to Grace Hall, but what she finds when she finally arrives is beyond comprehension. Has been suspended for cheating, something that would be completely out of character for her over-achieving, well-behaved daughter. When Kate, single mother and law firm partner, gets an urgent phone call summoning her to her daughter’s exclusive private school, she’s shocked.
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