As children, Cassie, Ruth, and Tommy attended an exclusive boarding school in the English countryside. Ideal in part but also somewhat ominous, 'Hailsham' was a place of intense friendships, mysterious rules, and "guardians" who constantly reminded the students how special they were. Now, at thirty-one years old, Cassie reflects on their shared past and recounts how she and her friends gradually learned the shocking reason for the careful care they had received. A poignant contemplative examination of friendship, love, and mortality.

Pages: 312, Dimensions: 13.5x13.5cm