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The Lake of Dead Languages

Goodman, Carol. Book - 2002 Fiction 1 On Shelf No requests on this item Community Rating: 0 out of 5

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A lake's shattering truth slowly floats to the surface in this national bestseller now in paperback-a stunning, captivating first novel of youthful innocence drowned by dark sins. A Top Ten Book Sense selection in hardcover. A Gothic and elegant page-turner.-The Boston Globe. Twenty years ago, Jane Hudson fled the Heart Lake School for Girls in the Adirondacks after a terrible tragedy. The week before her graduation, in that sheltered wonderland, three lives were taken, all victims of suicide. Only Jane was left to carry the burden of a mystery that has stayed hidden in the depths of Heart Lake for more than two decades. Now Jane has returned to the school as a Latin teacher, recently separated and hoping to make a fresh start with her young daughter. But ominous messages from the past dredge up forgotten memories. And young, troubled girls are beginning to die again-as piece by piece the shattering truth slowly floats to the surface.

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Good Book submitted by jarroyo on July 12, 2011, 10:02am The book started off a little slow, but then got interesting. It reminds me of a movie you would see on Lifetime (twists and turns, suspenseful). Worth reading.

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PUBLISHED
New York : Ballantine Books, 2003, c2002.
Year Published: 2002
Description: vii, 417 p. ; 21 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book

ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
0345450892 (pbk.)
9780345450890 (pbk.)

SUBJECTS
Latin teachers -- Fiction.
Women teachers -- Fiction.
Private schools -- Fiction.
Suicide victims -- Fiction.
Teenage girls -- Fiction.
Adirondack Mountains (N.Y.) -- Fiction.
Psychological fiction.
Suspense fiction.