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The Gifted School : 'Snapping with tension' Shari Lapena

by Bruce Holsinger
RM47.17 MYR
The Gifted School : 'Snapping with tension' Shari Lapena - Thryft
The Gifted School : 'Snapping with tension' Shari Lapena - Thryft

Competitive parents uncover secrets in privileged community.

Recommendation: The Gifted School is a captivating and nail-biting read that delves into the underlying tensions and secrets in a seemingly perfect community, as parents fight for their children's spot in a highly coveted gifted school. The book exposes the dark side of parenting and ambition and highlights the consequences that can result from it. The story is perfectly timed and relevant to today's society, making it a must-read for anyone who enjoys psychological thrillers and drama.

  • Colorado Book Award for General Fiction (2020)
  • Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Fiction (2019)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

The Gifted School : 'Snapping with tension' Shari Lapena

by Bruce Holsinger
RM47.17 MYR
ISBN: 9781472271518
Estimated First-hand Retail Price: RM62.84 MYR
Authors: Bruce Holsinger
Publisher: Headline Review
Date of Publication: 2020-06-30
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Drama, Literary Fiction, Contemporary
Goodreads rating: 3.72
(rated by 38216 readers)

Description

Smart and juicy, a compulsively readable novel about a group of friends and families that is nearly destroyed by their own competitiveness when an exclusive school for gifted children opens in the communityThis deliciously sharp novel captures the relentless ambitions and fears that animate parents and their children in modern America, exploring the conflicts between achievement and potential, talent and privilege.Set in the fictional town of Crystal, Colorado, The Gifted School is a keenly entertaining novel that observes the drama within a community of friends and parents as good intentions and high ambitions collide in a pile-up with long-held secrets and lies. Seen through the lens of four families who've been a part of one another's lives since their kids were born over a decade ago, the story reveals not only the lengths that some adults are willing to go to get ahead, but the effect on the group's children, sibling relationships, marriages, and careers, as simmering resentments come to a boil and long-buried, explosive secrets surface and detonate. It's a humorous, keenly observed, timely take on ambitious parents, willful kids, and the pursuit of prestige, no matter the cost.
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Competitive parents uncover secrets in privileged community.

Recommendation: The Gifted School is a captivating and nail-biting read that delves into the underlying tensions and secrets in a seemingly perfect community, as parents fight for their children's spot in a highly coveted gifted school. The book exposes the dark side of parenting and ambition and highlights the consequences that can result from it. The story is perfectly timed and relevant to today's society, making it a must-read for anyone who enjoys psychological thrillers and drama.

  • Colorado Book Award for General Fiction (2020)
  • Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Fiction (2019)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.