Binding: Hardcover
Description: A Good Morning America Buzz Pick * NPR 1 A Inaugural Book Club Pick * A Must - Read by US a Today * Longlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize * Booklist Editor's Choice * Crime Reads Best of the Year A suspenseful drama about an immigrant family caught in a criminal investigation perfect for readers of Celeste Ng's Everything I Never Told You. Our Best Intentions is a thoughtful gripping suspense that shakes up definitions of family and identity in a beautiful and refreshing way! Kal Penn actor and national bestselling author During summer break one day Angie the teenage daughter of Indian immigrant Babur Singh is walking home after swimming at the high school pool when she finds Henry Mc Cleary a white classmate from a wealthy family stabbed and bleeding on the football field. The police immediately focus their investigation on Chiara Thompkins a runaway Black girl who disappears after the stabbing and it's later discovered wasn t properly enrolled in the public high school. The incident sends shock waves through the community and reveals jarring truths about the lengths to which families will go to protect themselves. Alternating between multiple perspectives Our Best Intentions is a gripping story about a father and daughter re - examining their familial bonds and place in the community that explores how easily friendships careers communities and individual lives can unravel when the toxicity of privilege and racial bias are exposed.
Title: Our Best Intentions A Novel
Author(s): Jain Vibhuti
Publisher: Harpercollins
Barcode: 9780063278783
Pages: 352 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 3/14/2023