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4/4 - At Briarwood School for Girls by Michael Knight

ABOUT THE BOOK

“From veteran Knight a deft, charming Southern coming-of-age novel—one that pays both attention and tribute to the legacy of the million-pound behemoth in that genre, To Kill a Mockingbird. A quick-paced, sharp, cleverly designed book by a talented writer." - Kirkus Reviews

It’s 1994 and Lenore Littlefield is a junior at Briarwood School for Girls. She plays basketball. She hates her roommate. History is her favorite subject. She has told no one that she’s pregnant. Everything, in other words, is under control.

Meanwhile, Disney has announced plans to build a new theme park just up the road, a “Technicolor simulacrum of American History” right in the middle of one of the most history-rich regions of the country. If successful, the development will forever alter the character of Prince William County, VA, and have unforeseeable consequences for the school.

When the threat of the theme park begins to intrude on the lives of the faculty and students at Briarwood, secrets will be revealed and unexpected alliances will form. Lenore must decide whom she can trust—will it be a middle-aged history teacher struggling to find purpose in his humdrum life? A lonely basketball coach tasked with directing the school play? A reclusive playwright still grappling with her own Briarwood legacy? Or a teenage ghost equally adept at communicating with the living via telephone or Ouija board?

Following a cast of memorable characters as they reckon with questions about fate, history, and the possibility of happiness, At Briarwood School for Girls is a stunning and inventive new work from a master storyteller.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Michael Knight is the author of the novels The Typist and Divining Rod; the short-story collections Dogfight and Other Stories,Eveningland, and Goodnight, Nobody; and the novella The Holiday Season. He teaches creative writing at the University of Tennessee and lives in Knoxville with his family.

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ISBN: 9780802128423
Published: Atlantic Monthly Press - April 2nd, 2019

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