A student lies about her father’s death: a fresh take on the campus novel and a story of deceit, denial, grief and reinvention, from an outstanding new voice in literary fictionIf I ever woke up with an ungodly dread — that I could change it all now, turn around, and confess — I ignored it. I had never been good, and there was no point in trying now.On a small liberal arts campus in upstate New York, Charlotte begins her final year with a lie. Her father died over the summer,...
