Natasha (Tash) has been vaulted from a life as a poor Moscow teen living with her single mom to being a student at a posh English boarding school, thanks to the intervention of her mysterious father, a Russian oligarch whose existence Tash has only just learned about.
Tash adjusts to her new life quickly but becomes swept up in the cruel behavior and obsessive eating habits of her classmates. When one of the girls dies and a teacher disappears, Tash begins to wonder whether there is more going on than anorexia.
Tash has an intriguing voice that definitely captures the perfectly blended folly and wisdom of adolescence, and much of this novel is darkly comical. An unusual niche read.
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