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Cady is a senior in high school when her brother, a Harvard student, commits suicide. He suffered from schizophrenia. When she gets accepted into Harvard her mother is totally against her going to the place where their son lost his life. As a freshman, she becomes obsessed with his death and begins hearing voices from the past herself. This is an intriguing story of mental illness, loss, love and accomplishment.
A terrific debut novel. There were lots of twists and turns and I loved Francesca's writing style. Beautiful written book
This book is a very slow start and way too long then it needs to be. Cady attends Harvard hoping to learn more about her brother Eric's suicide. I was hoping for more of a ghostly mystery story but was disappointed. I think the voices Cady heard were more in her head than actually coming from ghosts. The book tries to be too many genres and therefore suffers to meet any fully. The basic story is a good one but just got muddled in the telling.
