TY - BOOK AU - Grabowski,Alina TI - Women and Children First SN - 9781638930785 AV - PS3607.R33 W66 2024 U1 - 813/.6 23 PY - 0000///May 072024/// CY - New York PB - SJP Lit, a Zando imprint KW - Murder KW - Investigation KW - Fiction KW - Grief KW - Death KW - Bildungsromans KW - Literature KW - Mothers and daughters KW - Secrecy KW - Coming of age KW - Epilepsy in youth KW - High school girls KW - Massachusetts KW - Detective and mystery fiction KW - lcgft KW - Novels KW - Detective fiction KW - tlcgt KW - Mystery fiction KW - gsafd N1 - new book 2024 summer N2 - "Nashquitten, MA, is a decaying coastal enclave that not even tourist season can revive, full of locals who have run the town's industries for generations. When a bright young woman dies at a house party, the circumstances around her death suspiciously unclear, the tight-knit community is shaken. As a mother grieves her daughter, a teacher her student, a best friend her confidante, the events around the tragedy become a lightning rod: blame is cast, secrets are buried deeper. Some are left to pick up the pieces, while others turn their backs, and all the while, a truth about that dreadful night begins to emerge"--Dust jacket flap ER -