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We don't talk about Carol : a novel / Kristen L. Berry.
Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Fiction Berry, K. We
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Berry, Kristen L., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Family secrets--Fiction.
- Family secrets.
- Missing persons--Fiction.
- Missing persons.
- Journalists--Fiction.
- Journalists.
- African Americans--Fiction.
- African Americans.
- Infertility, Female--Fiction.
- Infertility, Female.
- Fertilization in vitro, Human--Fiction.
- Fertilization in vitro, Human.
- North Carolina--Fiction.
- North Carolina.
- Suspense fiction.
- Genre:
- Thrillers (Fiction)
- Domestic fiction
- Novels
- Domestic fiction.
- Novels.
- Physical Description:
- 328 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Other Title:
- We do not talk about Carol
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Bantam, [2025]
- Summary:
- "A dedicated journalist unearths a generations-old family secret-and a connection to a string of missing girls that hits way too close to home-in this gripping debut novel"-- Provided by publisher.
- "In the wake of her grandmother's passing, Sydney Singleton finds a hidden photograph of a little girl who looks more like Sydney than her own sister or mother. She soon discovers the mystery girl in the photograph is her aunt, Carol, who was one of six North Carolina Black girls to go missing in the 1960s. For the last several decades, not a soul has talked about Carol or what really happened to her. But now, with her grandmother gone and Sydney looking to start a family of her own, she is determined to unravel the truth behind her long-lost aunt's disappearance, and the sinister silence that surrounds her. Unfortunately, this is familiar territory for Sydney: Years earlier, while she worked the crime beat as a journalist, her obsession with the case of another missing girl led to a psychotic break. And now, in the suffocating grip of fertility treatments and a marriage that's beginning to crumble, Sydney's relentless pursuit for answers might just lead her down the same path of self-destruction. As she delves deeper into Carol's fate, her own troubled past reemerges, clawing its way to the surface with a vengeance. The web of secrets and lies entangling her family leaves Sydney questioning everything-her fixation on the missing girls, her future as a mom, and her trust in those she knows and loves." -- Publisher annotation.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Miller Fund bookplate.
- Other Format:
- Online version
- Berry, Kristen L. We don't talk about Carol
- Online version Berry, Kristen L. We don't talk about Carol
- ISBN:
- 9780593974438
- 0593974433
- OCLC:
- 1455748217
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