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My Sweet Girl by Amanda Jayatissa (2021, Hardcover)
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- Condition
- Brand New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
- Type
- Novel
- Signed
- Yes
- Ex Libris
- No
- Narrative Type
- Fiction
- Personalized
- No
- Features
- Dust Jacket
- Original Language
- English
- Intended Audience
- Adults, Young Adults
- Inscribed
- No
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- United States
- Vintage
- No
- ISBN
- 9780593335086
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0593335082
ISBN-13
9780593335086
eBay Product ID (ePID)
8050078527
Product Key Features
Book Title
My Sweet Girl
Number of Pages
384 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Contemporary Women, Thrillers / Psychological, Thrillers / Suspense
Publication Year
2021
Genre
Fiction
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.2 in
Item Weight
20.5 Oz
Item Length
9.3 in
Item Width
6.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2021-019902
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
"Dark, compelling and utterly original. My Sweet Girl heralds a fresh, new voice in psychological suspense." --Riley Sager , New York Times bestselling author of Home Before Dark "Like nothing else I've read. Set in San Francisco and Sri Lanka, this is a story about friendship, lies, and guilt. A stunning and original must-read!" --Samantha Downing , USA Today author of My Lovely Wife "[T]here's no way to capture the gist of this complex character or this captivating novel in a simple phrase--other than excellent." -- Mystery Scene Magazine "A delicious, twisty, fast-paced thriller with the perfect hint of ghost story." -- Michele Campbell , bestselling author of It's Always the Husband "Hot damn this book is good." -- CrimeReads "My fave debut thriller of the year!" -- Crime by the Book " My Sweet Girl has it all: a paranoid bad-girl protagonist, shocking twists, and gothic chills in a totally original setting." -- Amy Gentry , bestselling author of Good as Gone "Ridiculously good. Crazy good. Scary good." -- Hank Phillippi Ryan , USA Today bestselling author of The First to Lie "[A] dark thriller of international deceit and murder." -- BookPage "In her debut novel, Sri Lanka-based Jayatissa is a master of first-person narration as she delves into questions of identity--how individuals perceive themselves, and the tendency not to see others for who they really are. Her fast-paced mystery, with an unreliable but sympathetic narrator, will hook readers from the very beginning." -- Library Journal "Equal parts witty, chilling, and hypnotic, and it includes some of the creepiest lines and images I've ever read." -- Megan Collins , author of The Winter Sister "Starts with a bang and doesn't let up. Haunted by her past, hunted in her present, Paloma must find her life in America, or lose it forever. A richly layered, firecracker of a thriller." -- Eliza Jane Brazier , author of If I Disappear "A gothic-inspired, page turner with enough twists and turns to keep you up through the night as well as a deft exploration of race and gender wrapped up within the thriller." --Nayomi Munaweera , author of Island of a Thousand Mirrors "[A] dark, twisty psychological thriller." -- Publishers Weekly, "Dark, compelling and utterly original. My Sweet Girl heralds a fresh, new voice in psychological suspense." --Riley Sager , New York Times bestselling author of Home Before Dark "Like nothing else I've read. Set in San Francisco and Sri Lanka, this is a story about friendship, lies, and guilt. A stunning and original must-read!" --Samantha Downing , USA Today author of My Lovely Wife "Jayatissa's pulse-pounding debut is a fast-paced thriller that will keep you on your toes." -- Buzzfeed "Provocative." -- Entertainment Weekly "The perfect thriller to kick off fall is here, and what better way to settle into the season than with a spellbinding tale about a young woman with a secret?...What follows is a smart, darkly funny novel filled with twists that will leave you wondering." -- Shondaland "[T]here's no way to capture the gist of this complex character or this captivating novel in a simple phrase--other than excellent." -- Mystery Scene Magazine "Jayatissa's gift for plotting is matched by her grace with lacing her fleet narrative with rich social themes, among them cultural assimilation and the different values placed on white versus brown bodies. In a canny touch, the novel's plot hinges on the literary classic Wuthering Heights . My Sweet Girl may well become, likewise, a classic." -- Shelf Awareness "A delicious, twisty, fast-paced thriller with the perfect hint of ghost story." -- Michele Campbell , bestselling author of It's Always the Husband "Hot damn this book is good." -- CrimeReads "My fave debut thriller of the year!" -- Crime by the Book " My Sweet Girl has it all: a paranoid bad-girl protagonist, shocking twists, and gothic chills in a totally original setting." -- Amy Gentry , bestselling author of Good as Gone "Ridiculously good. Crazy good. Scary good." -- Hank Phillippi Ryan , USA Today bestselling author of The First to Lie "[A] dark thriller of international deceit and murder." -- BookPage "In her debut novel, Sri Lanka-based Jayatissa is a master of first-person narration as she delves into questions of identity--how individuals perceive themselves, and the tendency not to see others for who they really are. Her fast-paced mystery, with an unreliable but sympathetic narrator, will hook readers from the very beginning." -- Library Journal "Equal parts witty, chilling, and hypnotic, and it includes some of the creepiest lines and images I've ever read." -- Megan Collins , author of The Winter Sister "Starts with a bang and doesn't let up. Haunted by her past, hunted in her present, Paloma must find her life in America, or lose it forever. A richly layered, firecracker of a thriller." -- Eliza Jane Brazier , author of If I Disappear "A gothic-inspired, page turner with enough twists and turns to keep you up through the night as well as a deft exploration of race and gender wrapped up within the thriller." --Nayomi Munaweera , author of Island of a Thousand Mirrors "[A] dark, twisty psychological thriller." -- Publishers Weekly, " My Sweet Girl is like nothing else I've read. Set in San Francisco and Sri Lanka, this is a story about friendship, lies, and guilt. A stunning and original must-read!" --Samantha Downing , USA Today bestselling author of My Lovely Wife, "Dark, compelling and utterly original. My Sweet Girl heralds a fresh, new voice in psychological suspense." --Riley Sager , New York Times bestselling author of Home Before Dark "Like nothing else I've read. Set in San Francisco and Sri Lanka, this is a story about friendship, lies, and guilt. A stunning and original must-read!" --Samantha Downing , USA Today author of My Lovely Wife "A delicious, twisty, fast-paced thriller with the perfect hint of ghost story." -- Michele Campbell , bestselling author of It's Always the Husband "Hot damn this book is good." -- CrimeReads " My Sweet Girl has it all: a paranoid bad-girl protagonist, shocking twists, and gothic chills in a totally original setting." -- Amy Gentry , bestselling author of Good as Gone "Ridiculously good. Crazy good. Scary good." -- Hank Phillippi Ryan , USA Today bestselling author of The First to Lie "Equal parts witty, chilling, and hypnotic, and it includes some of the creepiest lines and images I've ever read." -- Megan Collins , author of The Winter Sister "Starts with a bang and doesn't let up. Haunted by her past, hunted in her present, Paloma must find her life in America, or lose it forever. A richly layered, firecracker of a thriller." -- Eliza Jane Brazier , author of If I Disappear "A gothic-inspired, page turner with enough twists and turns to keep you up through the night as well as a deft exploration of race and gender wrapped up within the thriller." --Nayomi Munaweera , author of Island of a Thousand Mirrors "[A] dark, twisty psychological thriller." -- Publishers Weekly, "Dark, compelling and utterly original. My Sweet Girl heralds a fresh, new voice in psychological suspense." --Riley Sager , New York Times bestselling author of Home Before Dark "Like nothing else I've read. Set in San Francisco and Sri Lanka, this is a story about friendship, lies, and guilt. A stunning and original must-read!" --Samantha Downing , USA Today author of My Lovely Wife "A delicious, twisty, fast-paced thriller with the perfect hint of ghost story." -- Michele Campbell , bestselling author of It's Always the Husband "Hot damn this book is good." -- CrimeReads " My Sweet Girl has it all: a paranoid bad-girl protagonist, shocking twists, and gothic chills in a totally original setting. Flashing between a Sri Lankan orphanage and racially divided San Francisco, Amanda Jayatissa nails every beat with divinely wicked sleight-of-hand. An audacious and crackling debut!" -- Amy Gentry , bestselling author of Good as Gone "Ridiculously good. Crazy good. Scary good." -- Hank Phillippi Ryan , USA Today bestselling author of The First to Lie "Equal parts witty, chilling, and hypnotic, and it includes some of the creepiest lines and images I've ever read." -- Megan Collins , author of The Winter Sister "Starts with a bang and doesn't let up. Haunted by her past, hunted in her present, Paloma must find her life in America, or lose it forever. A richly layered, firecracker of a thriller." -- Eliza Jane Brazier , author of If I Disappear, "Like nothing else I've read. Set in San Francisco and Sri Lanka, this is a story about friendship, lies, and guilt. A stunning and original must-read!" --Samantha Downing , author of My Lovely Wife "A delicious, twisty, fast-paced thriller with the perfect hint of ghost story." -- Michele Campbell , author of It's Always the Husband "Ridiculously good. Crazy good. Scary good." -- Hank Phillippi Ryan , USA Today bestselling author of The First to Lie "Equal parts witty, chilling, and hypnotic, and it includes some of the creepiest lines and images I've ever read." -- Megan Collins , author of The Winter Sister "Starts with a bang and doesn't let up. Haunted by her past, hunted in her present, Paloma must find her life in America, or lose it forever. A richly layered, firecracker of a thriller." -- Eliza Jane Brazier , author of If I Disappear, "Dark, compelling and utterly original. My Sweet Girl heralds a fresh, new voice in psychological suspense." --Riley Sager , New York Times bestselling author of Home Before Dark "Like nothing else I've read. Set in San Francisco and Sri Lanka, this is a story about friendship, lies, and guilt. A stunning and original must-read!" --Samantha Downing , USA Today author of My Lovely Wife "A delicious, twisty, fast-paced thriller with the perfect hint of ghost story." -- Michele Campbell , bestselling author of It's Always the Husband "Hot damn this book is good." -- CrimeReads " My Sweet Girl has it all: a paranoid bad-girl protagonist, shocking twists, and gothic chills in a totally original setting." -- Amy Gentry , bestselling author of Good as Gone "Ridiculously good. Crazy good. Scary good." -- Hank Phillippi Ryan , USA Today bestselling author of The First to Lie "Equal parts witty, chilling, and hypnotic, and it includes some of the creepiest lines and images I've ever read." -- Megan Collins , author of The Winter Sister "Starts with a bang and doesn't let up. Haunted by her past, hunted in her present, Paloma must find her life in America, or lose it forever. A richly layered, firecracker of a thriller." -- Eliza Jane Brazier , author of If I Disappear "A gothic-inspired, page turner with enough twists and turns to keep you up through the night as well as a deft exploration of race and gender wrapped up within the thriller." --Nayomi Munaweera , author of Island of a Thousand Mirrors, "Dark, compelling and utterly original. My Sweet Girl heralds a fresh, new voice in psychological suspense." --Riley Sager , New York Times bestselling author of Home Before Dark "Like nothing else I''ve read. Set in San Francisco and Sri Lanka, this is a story about friendship, lies, and guilt. A stunning and original must-read!" --Samantha Downing , USA Today author of My Lovely Wife "Jayatissa''s pulse-pounding debut is a fast-paced thriller that will keep you on your toes." -- Buzzfeed "Provocative." -- Entertainment Weekly "The perfect thriller to kick off fall is here, and what better way to settle into the season than with a spellbinding tale about a young woman with a secret?...What follows is a smart, darkly funny novel filled with twists that will leave you wondering." -- Shondaland "[T]here''s no way to capture the gist of this complex character or this captivating novel in a simple phrase--other than excellent." -- Mystery Scene Magazine " My Sweet Girl is unputdownable. Jayatissa has penned a jaw-droppingly original novel that will burrow so far into readers'' psyches, it will be hard for any of us to pick up another psychological thriller again." -- The Tempest "Jayatissa''s gift for plotting is matched by her grace with lacing her fleet narrative with rich social themes, among them cultural assimilation and the different values placed on white versus brown bodies. In a canny touch, the novel''s plot hinges on the literary classic Wuthering Heights . My Sweet Girl may well become, likewise, a classic." -- Shelf Awareness "A delicious, twisty, fast-paced thriller with the perfect hint of ghost story." -- Michele Campbell , bestselling author of It''s Always the Husband "Hot damn this book is good." -- CrimeReads "My fave debut thriller of the year!" -- Crime by the Book " My Sweet Girl has it all: a paranoid bad-girl protagonist, shocking twists, and gothic chills in a totally original setting." -- Amy Gentry , bestselling author of Good as Gone "Ridiculously good. Crazy good. Scary good." -- Hank Phillippi Ryan , USA Today bestselling author of The First to Lie "[A] dark thriller of international deceit and murder." -- BookPage "In her debut novel, Sri Lanka-based Jayatissa is a master of first-person narration as she delves into questions of identity--how individuals perceive themselves, and the tendency not to see others for who they really are. Her fast-paced mystery, with an unreliable but sympathetic narrator, will hook readers from the very beginning." -- Library Journal "Equal parts witty, chilling, and hypnotic, and it includes some of the creepiest lines and images I''ve ever read." -- Megan Collins , author of The Winter Sister "Starts with a bang and doesn''t let up. Haunted by her past, hunted in her present, Paloma must find her life in America, or lose it forever. A richly layered, firecracker of a thriller." -- Eliza Jane Brazier , author of If I Disappear "A gothic-inspired, page turner with enough twists and turns to keep you up through the night as well as a deft exploration of race and gender wrapped up within the thriller." --Nayomi Munaweera , author of Island of a Thousand Mirrors "[A] dark, twisty psychological thriller." -- Publishers Weekly "...[M]ore than a bit shocking. This was a great mystery thriller and would make a cool movie." -- Parkersburg News and Sentinel, "Dark, compelling and utterly original. My Sweet Girl heralds a fresh, new voice in psychological suspense." --Riley Sager , New York Times bestselling author of Home Before Dark "Like nothing else I've read. Set in San Francisco and Sri Lanka, this is a story about friendship, lies, and guilt. A stunning and original must-read!" --Samantha Downing , USA Today author of My Lovely Wife "Jayatissa's pulse-pounding debut is a fast-paced thriller that will keep you on your toes." -- Buzzfeed "The perfect thriller to kick off fall is here, and what better way to settle into the season than with a spellbinding tale about a young woman with a secret?...What follows is a smart, darkly funny novel filled with twists that will leave you wondering." -- Shondaland "[T]here's no way to capture the gist of this complex character or this captivating novel in a simple phrase--other than excellent." -- Mystery Scene Magazine "Jayatissa's gift for plotting is matched by her grace with lacing her fleet narrative with rich social themes, among them cultural assimilation and the different values placed on white versus brown bodies. In a canny touch, the novel's plot hinges on the literary classic Wuthering Heights . My Sweet Girl may well become, likewise, a classic." -- Shelf Awareness "A delicious, twisty, fast-paced thriller with the perfect hint of ghost story." -- Michele Campbell , bestselling author of It's Always the Husband "Hot damn this book is good." -- CrimeReads "My fave debut thriller of the year!" -- Crime by the Book " My Sweet Girl has it all: a paranoid bad-girl protagonist, shocking twists, and gothic chills in a totally original setting." -- Amy Gentry , bestselling author of Good as Gone "Ridiculously good. Crazy good. Scary good." -- Hank Phillippi Ryan , USA Today bestselling author of The First to Lie "[A] dark thriller of international deceit and murder." -- BookPage "In her debut novel, Sri Lanka-based Jayatissa is a master of first-person narration as she delves into questions of identity--how individuals perceive themselves, and the tendency not to see others for who they really are. Her fast-paced mystery, with an unreliable but sympathetic narrator, will hook readers from the very beginning." -- Library Journal "Equal parts witty, chilling, and hypnotic, and it includes some of the creepiest lines and images I've ever read." -- Megan Collins , author of The Winter Sister "Starts with a bang and doesn't let up. Haunted by her past, hunted in her present, Paloma must find her life in America, or lose it forever. A richly layered, firecracker of a thriller." -- Eliza Jane Brazier , author of If I Disappear "A gothic-inspired, page turner with enough twists and turns to keep you up through the night as well as a deft exploration of race and gender wrapped up within the thriller." --Nayomi Munaweera , author of Island of a Thousand Mirrors "[A] dark, twisty psychological thriller." -- Publishers Weekly, "Dark, compelling and utterly original. My Sweet Girl heralds a fresh, new voice in psychological suspense." --Riley Sager , New York Times bestselling author of Home Before Dark "Like nothing else I've read. Set in San Francisco and Sri Lanka, this is a story about friendship, lies, and guilt. A stunning and original must-read!" --Samantha Downing , USA Today author of My Lovely Wife "A delicious, twisty, fast-paced thriller with the perfect hint of ghost story." -- Michele Campbell , bestselling author of It's Always the Husband "Hot damn this book is good." -- CrimeReads "My fave debut thriller of the year!" -- Crime by the Book " My Sweet Girl has it all: a paranoid bad-girl protagonist, shocking twists, and gothic chills in a totally original setting." -- Amy Gentry , bestselling author of Good as Gone "Ridiculously good. Crazy good. Scary good." -- Hank Phillippi Ryan , USA Today bestselling author of The First to Lie "[A] dark thriller of international deceit and murder." -- BookPage "In her debut novel, Sri Lanka-based Jayatissa is a master of first-person narration as she delves into questions of identity--how individuals perceive themselves, and the tendency not to see others for who they really are. Her fast-paced mystery, with an unreliable but sympathetic narrator, will hook readers from the very beginning." -- Library Journal "Equal parts witty, chilling, and hypnotic, and it includes some of the creepiest lines and images I've ever read." -- Megan Collins , author of The Winter Sister "Starts with a bang and doesn't let up. Haunted by her past, hunted in her present, Paloma must find her life in America, or lose it forever. A richly layered, firecracker of a thriller." -- Eliza Jane Brazier , author of If I Disappear "A gothic-inspired, page turner with enough twists and turns to keep you up through the night as well as a deft exploration of race and gender wrapped up within the thriller." --Nayomi Munaweera , author of Island of a Thousand Mirrors "[A] dark, twisty psychological thriller." -- Publishers Weekly, " My Sweet Girl is like nothing else I've read. Set in San Francisco and Sri Lanka, this is a story about friendship, lies, and guilt. A stunning and original must-read!" --Samantha Downing , USA Today bestselling author of My Lovely Wife "This breathtaking debut somehow manages to be terrifying and heartbreaking at the same time. Astonishingly crafted and constantly surprising, the talented Jayatissa lures us into the story with confident hands, and then yanks the rug right out from under us. Ridiculously good. Crazy good. Scary good. This is a big big book." -- Hank Phillippi Ryan , USA Today bestselling author of The First to Lie "Starts with a bang and doesn't let up. Haunted by her past, hunted in her present, Paloma must find her life in America, or lose it forever. A richly layered, firecracker of a thriller." -- Eliza Jane Brazier , author of If I Disappear, "Dark, compelling and utterly original. My Sweet Girl heralds a fresh, new voice in psychological suspense." --Riley Sager , New York Times bestselling author of Home Before Dark "Like nothing else I've read. Set in San Francisco and Sri Lanka, this is a story about friendship, lies, and guilt. A stunning and original must-read!" --Samantha Downing , USA Today author of My Lovely Wife "A delicious, twisty, fast-paced thriller with the perfect hint of ghost story." -- Michele Campbell , bestselling author of It's Always the Husband "Hot damn this book is good." -- CrimeReads "My fave debut thriller of the year!" -- Crime by the Book " My Sweet Girl has it all: a paranoid bad-girl protagonist, shocking twists, and gothic chills in a totally original setting." -- Amy Gentry , bestselling author of Good as Gone "Ridiculously good. Crazy good. Scary good." -- Hank Phillippi Ryan , USA Today bestselling author of The First to Lie "In her debut novel, Sri Lanka-based Jayatissa is a master of first-person narration as she delves into questions of identity--how individuals perceive themselves, and the tendency not to see others for who they really are. Her fast-paced mystery, with an unreliable but sympathetic narrator, will hook readers from the very beginning." -- Library Journal "Equal parts witty, chilling, and hypnotic, and it includes some of the creepiest lines and images I've ever read." -- Megan Collins , author of The Winter Sister "Starts with a bang and doesn't let up. Haunted by her past, hunted in her present, Paloma must find her life in America, or lose it forever. A richly layered, firecracker of a thriller." -- Eliza Jane Brazier , author of If I Disappear "A gothic-inspired, page turner with enough twists and turns to keep you up through the night as well as a deft exploration of race and gender wrapped up within the thriller." --Nayomi Munaweera , author of Island of a Thousand Mirrors "[A] dark, twisty psychological thriller." -- Publishers Weekly, "Dark, compelling and utterly original. My Sweet Girl heralds a fresh, new voice in psychological suspense." --Riley Sager , New York Times bestselling author of Home Before Dark "Like nothing else I've read. Set in San Francisco and Sri Lanka, this is a story about friendship, lies, and guilt. A stunning and original must-read!" --Samantha Downing , USA Today author of My Lovely Wife "A delicious, twisty, fast-paced thriller with the perfect hint of ghost story." -- Michele Campbell , bestselling author of It's Always the Husband "Hot damn this book is good." -- CrimeReads " My Sweet Girl has it all: a paranoid bad-girl protagonist, shocking twists, and gothic chills in a totally original setting." -- Amy Gentry , bestselling author of Good as Gone "Ridiculously good. Crazy good. Scary good." -- Hank Phillippi Ryan , USA Today bestselling author of The First to Lie "Equal parts witty, chilling, and hypnotic, and it includes some of the creepiest lines and images I've ever read." -- Megan Collins , author of The Winter Sister "Starts with a bang and doesn't let up. Haunted by her past, hunted in her present, Paloma must find her life in America, or lose it forever. A richly layered, firecracker of a thriller." -- Eliza Jane Brazier , author of If I Disappear, "This debut thriller--as witty as it is propulsive--will keep readers guessing."-- O, The Oprah Magazine "Dark, compelling and utterly original. My Sweet Girl heralds a fresh, new voice in psychological suspense." --Riley Sager , New York Times bestselling author of Home Before Dark "Like nothing else I''ve read. Set in San Francisco and Sri Lanka, this is a story about friendship, lies, and guilt. A stunning and original must-read!" --Samantha Downing , USA Today author of My Lovely Wife "Jayatissa''s pulse-pounding debut is a fast-paced thriller that will keep you on your toes." -- Buzzfeed "Provocative." -- Entertainment Weekly "The perfect thriller to kick off fall is here, and what better way to settle into the season than with a spellbinding tale about a young woman with a secret?...What follows is a smart, darkly funny novel filled with twists that will leave you wondering." -- Shondaland "[T]here''s no way to capture the gist of this complex character or this captivating novel in a simple phrase--other than excellent." -- Mystery Scene Magazine " My Sweet Girl is unputdownable. Jayatissa has penned a jaw-droppingly original novel that will burrow so far into readers'' psyches, it will be hard for any of us to pick up another psychological thriller again." -- The Tempest "[A] page-turning and often genuinely scary psychological thriller, filled with more twists and bite than a rattlesnake!" -- Criminal Element "Jayatissa''s gift for plotting is matched by her grace with lacing her fleet narrative with rich social themes, among them cultural assimilation and the different values placed on white versus brown bodies. In a canny touch, the novel''s plot hinges on the literary classic Wuthering Heights . My Sweet Girl may well become, likewise, a classic." -- Shelf Awareness "A delicious, twisty, fast-paced thriller with the perfect hint of ghost story." -- Michele Campbell , bestselling author of It''s Always the Husband "Hot damn this book is good." -- CrimeReads "My fave debut thriller of the year!" -- Crime by the Book " My Sweet Girl has it all: a paranoid bad-girl protagonist, shocking twists, and gothic chills in a totally original setting." -- Amy Gentry , bestselling author of Good as Gone "Ridiculously good. Crazy good. Scary good." -- Hank Phillippi Ryan , USA Today bestselling author of The First to Lie "[A] dark thriller of international deceit and murder." -- BookPage "In her debut novel, Sri Lanka-based Jayatissa is a master of first-person narration as she delves into questions of identity--how individuals perceive themselves, and the tendency not to see others for who they really are. Her fast-paced mystery, with an unreliable but sympathetic narrator, will hook readers from the very beginning." -- Library Journal "Equal parts witty, chilling, and hypnotic, and it includes some of the creepiest lines and images I''ve ever read." -- Megan Collins , author of The Winter Sister "Starts with a bang and doesn''t let up. Haunted by her past, hunted in her present, Paloma must find her life in America, or lose it forever. A richly layered, firecracker of a thriller." -- Eliza Jane Brazier , author of If I Disappear "A gothic-inspired, page turner with enough twists and turns to keep you up through the night as well as a deft exploration of race and gender wrapped up within the thriller." --Nayomi Munaweera , author of Island of a Thousand Mirrors "[A] dark, twisty psychological thriller." -- Publishers Weekly "...[M]ore than a bit shocking. This was a great mystery thriller and would make a cool movie." -- Parkersburg News and Sentinel
Dewey Decimal
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Synopsis
WINNER OF THE ITW THRILLER AWARD FOR BEST FIRST NOVEL " My Sweet Girl pushes the boundaries of what a thriller can do."-- The Washington Post "Fiendish [and] full of twists.... Sri Lankan author Amanda Jayatissa keeps us guessing and worrying until the very end." -- The New York Times "A thriller centered on the meaning of identity and all the layers it can have."--NPR Paloma thought her perfect life would begin once she was adopted and made it to America, but she's about to find out that no matter how far you run, your past always catches up to you... Ever since she was adopted from a Sri Lankan orphanage, Paloma has had the best of everything--schools, money, and parents so perfect that she fears she'll never live up to them. Now at thirty years old and recently cut off from her parents' funds, she decides to sublet the second bedroom of her overpriced San Francisco apartment to Arun, who recently moved from India. Paloma has to admit, it feels good helping someone find their way in America--that is until Arun discovers Paloma's darkest secret, one that could jeopardize her own fragile place in this country. Before Paloma can pay Arun off, she finds him face down in a pool of blood. She flees the apartment but by the time the police arrive, there's no body--and no evidence that Arun ever even existed in the first place. Paloma is terrified this is all somehow tangled up in the desperate actions she took to escape Sri Lanka so many years ago. Did Paloma's secret die with Arun or is she now in greater danger than ever before?, " My Sweet Girl pushes the boundaries of what a thriller can do . "-- The Washington Post "Fiendish [and] full of twists.... Sri Lankan author Amanda Jayatissa keeps us guessing and worrying until the very end." -- The New York Times "A thriller centered on the meaning of identity and all the layers it can have."--NPR A Most Anticipated Novel of Fall 2021 by Entertainment Weekly , NPR, New York Post , The Boston Globe , Fortune, Buzzfeed, Goodreads, Shondaland, PopSugar, Bustle, Betches, Lit Hub, Crime Reads, BookRiot, Crime by the Book, The Nerd Daily, The Every Girl, and more! Paloma thought her perfect life would begin once she was adopted and made it to America, but she's about to find out that no matter how far you run, your past always catches up to you... Ever since she was adopted from a Sri Lankan orphanage, Paloma has had the best of everything--schools, money, and parents so perfect that she fears she'll never live up to them. Now at thirty years old and recently cut off from her parents' funds, she decides to sublet the second bedroom of her overpriced San Francisco apartment to Arun, who recently moved from India. Paloma has to admit, it feels good helping someone find their way in America--that is until Arun discovers Paloma's darkest secret, one that could jeopardize her own fragile place in this country. Before Paloma can pay Arun off, she finds him face down in a pool of blood. She flees the apartment but by the time the police arrive, there's no body--and no evidence that Arun ever even existed in the first place. Paloma is terrified this is all somehow tangled up in the desperate actions she took to escape Sri Lanka so many years ago. Did Paloma's secret die with Arun or is she now in greater danger than ever before?
LC Classification Number
PR9440.9.J36M9 2021
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