You Will Know Me (Thorndike Press Large Print Basic Series) - Hardcover

Abbott, Megan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1410493067 ISBN 13: 9781410493064

Publisher: Thorndike Press Large Print, 2016

Synopsis

An audacious novel about family and ambition from "a master of fingernails-digging-into-your-palms suspense" (Kirkus) and bestselling, award-winning author of The Fever, Megan Abbott.
How far will you go to achieve a dream? That's the question a celebrated coach poses to Katie and Eric Knox after he sees their daughter Devon, a gymnastics prodigy and Olympic hopeful, compete. For the Knoxes there are no limits--until a violent death rocks their close-knit gymnastics community. As rumors swirl, Katie tries frantically to hold her family together while also finding herself irresistibly drawn to the crime itself. What she uncovers--about her daughter's fears, her own marriage, and herself--forces Katie to consider whether there's any price she isn't willing to pay for Devon's dream. YOU WILL KNOW ME is a breathless rollercoaster of a novel about the desperate limits of parental sacrifice, furtive desire, and the staggering force of ambition.

About this title

About the Author:

Megan Abbott is the award-winning author of eight novels, including The Fever and Dare Me. She received her PhD in English and American literature from New York University. Her writing has appeared in the New York Times, Salon, the Los Angeles Review of Books, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times Magazine, The Guardian, and The Believer. Megan is currently a staff writer on HBO's forthcoming David Simon show, The Deuce. She lives in New York City.

Review:

PRAISE FOR YOU WILL KNOW ME:
"It's Abbott's psychological smarts that make You Will Know Me such a standout...Abbott steadily commands our attention with a suspense plot that unexpectedly somersaults and back flips whenever a landing seems in sight." Maureen Corrigan, "Washington Post""

"Brilliant and disturbing." Tom Nolan, "Wall Street Journal""

"[A] sharply plotted novel." Oline Cogdill, "Associated Press""

""You Will Know Me" hits that rarefied sweet spot between unnerving psychological suspense and a family drama with heart, inducing equal parts dread and unease, empathy and warmth. The pages couldn't turn fast enough...Luscious writing, a timely and unique premise, and an ending that will haunt you all summer long." Jessica Knoll, ""New York Times" bestselling author of "Luckiest Girl Alive """

""You Will Know Me" takes you into the dark heart of family, a journey that feels more menacing with every page. Abbott cranks the tension up in this disturbing tale of exactly what we are prepared to do for our children--I was reading compulsively into the night. A beautifully written, gripping read that feels unshakably real." Kate Hamer, ""The Girl in the Red Coat"""

""You Will Know Me" is powerful and unsettling, a portrait of a family where tenderness can mean pain as well as love. Megan Abbott is exceptionally good at teasing out telling moments to reveal deeply buried truths." Jane Casey, "author of "The Missing"""

"Chillingly believable, beautifully written..."You Will Know Me" is Megan Abbott's best novel to date. A triumph." Paula Daly, "author of "The Mistake I Made """

"Thriller Award-winner Abbott ("The Fever") takes a piercing look at what one family will sacrifice in the name of making their daughter a champion...Abbott keenly examines the pressures put on girls' bodies and the fierce, often misguided love parents have for their children." ""Publishers Weekly "(Starred Review)"
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"[You Will Know Me] will keep you glued to your beach blanket." "Marie Claire""

About this edition

• Publisher: Thorndike Press Large Print
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1410493067
• ISBN 13: 9781410493064
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 511