Although the book is timely, dealing with revenge, reality TV, and morality in the Trump era, I didn’t really like it all that much. Agnes, a young, inexperienced, and well-meaning teacher at a private school tries to befriend Heidi, an angry high school student who is a child of privilege but seldom interacts with her absent parents. When a trip to New York City with another student, that Agnes sets up in hopes that it might foster a friendship, ends up leading to Heidi falling into the clutches of a man who rapes her, Agnes’s stunned response when Heidi seeks comfort from her has the unintentional consequence of causing the girl to disappear without a trace. It’s probably not giving away too much to say that decades later Heidi will turn up and exact retribution. But in my mind, Agnes’s “offense,” which will also permanently alter the trajectory of her life, doesn’t merit the punishment. 338 pp.
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