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AtanexclusiveNewEnglandboardingschool,asexscandalunleashesastormofshameandrecrimination.Themen,women,andteenagersaffected—amongthemtheheadmaster,strugglingtocontainthescandalbeforeitdestroystheschool;apopularstudentathlete,grapplingwiththeconsequencesofhismistakes;hismother,confrontingherownforbiddentemptations;andatroubledteenagegirleagertoputthepastbehindher—speakouttorelatetheeventsofonefatefulnightanditsaftermath.Writingwithapaceandintensitysurpassingevenhergreatestwork,AnitaShreveexplorestheimpulsesthatdriveordinarypeopleintointolerabledilemmas.