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Tell Me Who We Were
Tell Me Who We Were: Stories | Kate McQuade
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Infused with the keen insight of Joyce Carol Oates and haunting power of Kelly Link, a radiant collection of linked stories that explore the vulnerability, resilience, and hidden desires of women, following six girls over the course of sixty years, from their first semester at boarding school to the twilight of their lives. It begins with a drowning. One day Mr. Arcilla, the romance language teacher at Briarfield, an all-girls boarding school, is found dead at the bottom of Reed Pond. Young and handsome, the object of much fantasy and fascination, he was adored by his students. For Lilith and Romy, Evie and Claire, Nellie and Grace, he was their first love, and their first true loss. In this extraordinary collection, Kate McQuade explores the ripple effect of one transformative moment on six lives, witnessed at a different point in each girls future. Throughout these stories, these bright, imaginative, and ambitious girls mature into women, lose touch and call in favors, achieve success and endure betrayal, marry and divorce, have children and struggle with infertility, abandon husbands and remain loyal to the end. Lyrical, intimate, and incisive, Tell Me Who We Were explores the inner worlds of girls and women, the relationships we cherish and betray, and the transformations we undergo in the simple act of living.
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An #ARC grab from #bookcon2019
This short collection of loosely connected shorts was a little disjointed at times, but was really very beautifully written.

KatieDid927 Ooo looks up my alley. 5y
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This is a collection of short stories connected by the thread of characters introduced in the first story-6 girls at a boarding school who experience the tragic death of one of their teachers. The rest of the stories focus on each girl- ages & time periods progress with each story coming full circle with death.The writing flows & paints a vivid picture. The depth of emotion built into the stories is palpable. Beautifully written #librarything

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