| The Lake of Dead Languages Contributor(s): Goodman, Carol (Author) |
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ISBN: 0345450892 ISBN-13: 9780345450890 Publisher: Ballantine Books OUR PRICE: $15.30 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2003 Annotation: "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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| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Thrillers - Suspense - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Psychological |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.94" H x 6.02" W x 8.42" (0.73 lbs) 432 pages |
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| Publisher Description: "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. . . . |