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Speak Softly, She Can Hear: A Novel [Paperback] Lewis, Pam

In this gripping psychological thriller New York Post, two best friends at an exclusive Manhattan girls school make a pact: they will lose their virginity before graduationCarole is a shy, overweight scholarship student who finds herself under the spell of the charismatic, pedigreed Naomiits an unlikely friendship that will set in motion a series of events with dire and farreaching consequencesEnter Eddie, a slick Upper East Side prep school dropout, expelled from a halfdozen private schools on the East Coast Eddie is handsome, fatally charming, and more than willing to help the girls accomplish their goal But something about him is not quite righthis overly familiar way with Naomi, his hairtrigger temper, the stories that just dont add upand on one bitterly cold holiday weekend in an isolated cabin deep in the Vermont woods, a horrifying twist develops in the girls plan1 bestselling author Wally Lamb says, Pam Lewis is a sly and surefooted storyteller whose literary tale of treachery, deception, and truth sits comfortably alongside Donna Tartts The Secret History and Patricia Highsmiths The Talented Mr Ripley