

In a placid 1980s suburb in the Midwest, thirteen-year-old Lizzie and her next door neighbor Evie Verver are inseparable, best friends who swap bathing suits and field-hockey sticks and between whom, presumably, there are no secrets. Together they live in the shadow of Evie's glamorous older sister Dusty, who provides them a window on the exotic, intoxicating possibilities on their own teenage horizons. To Lizzie, the Verver household, presided over by Evie's big-hearted father, is the world's most perfect place.
And then, one afternoon, Evie disappeared.
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"Stirring...[a] storytelling feat." --New York Times
Named one Best Books of 2011 by multiple lists!
"One of the most exciting and original voices of her generation."
Laura Lippman
"Deft, intelligent and enthralling."
Kate Atkinson
"Megan Abbott writes with total authority and an almost desperate intensity; [she] grabs hold of you and won't let go."
Tom Perrotta
"Megan Abbott captures the essence of being thirteen - all its magic, its intensity, its headlong power and its terrible vulnerability - and wraps it in a story that's taut, unflinching and very hard to put down."
Tana French