Prom Mom, Laura Lippman
Prom Mom, Laura Lippman
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Prom Mom
A Novel

Author: Laura Lippman

Narrator: Andi Arndt

Unabridged: 8 hr 48 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 07/25/2023

Synopsis

""Well-plotted, well-written, clear-eyed. I never saw the end coming. There's a hell of a one-two punch waiting for you."" —Stephen KingNew York Times bestseller Laura Lippman tells the story of Amber Glass, desperately trying to get away from her tabloid past but compulsively drawn back to the city of her youth and the prom date who destroyed everything she was reaching for.  Amber Glass has spent her entire adult life putting as much distance as possible between her and her hometown of Baltimore, where she fears she will forever be known as “Prom Mom”—the girl who allegedly killed her baby on the night of the prom after her date, Joe Simpson, abandoned her to pursue the girl he really liked. But when circumstances bring Amber back to the city, she realizes she can have a second chance—as long as she stays away from Joe, now a successful commercial real estate developer, married to a plastic surgeon, Meredith, to whom he is devoted. The problem is, Amber can’t stay away from Joe. And Joe finds that it’s increasingly hard for him to ignore Amber, if only because she remembers the boy he was and the man he said he was going to be. Against the surreal backdrop of 2020 and early 2021, the two are slowly drawn to each other and eventually cross the line they’ve been trying not to cross. And then Joe asks Amber to help him do the unthinkable . . . and she must decide if she is willing to let their toxic and dangerous past repeat itself.

About Laura Lippman

Since Laura Lippman’s debut, she has been recognized as a distinctive voice in mystery fiction and named one of the “essential” crime writers of the last 100 years. Stephen King called her “special, even extraordinary,” and Gillian Flynn wrote, “She is simply a brilliant novelist.” Her books have won most of the major awards in her field and been translated into more than twenty-five languages. She lives in Baltimore and New Orleans with her teenager.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Meredith (Trying to catch up!) on January 16, 2023

This book is weird--in a good way. This is what I can share about the plot without getting into spoiler territory: On prom night in 1997, 16-year-old Amber gives birth in her date, Joe's hotel room, and kills the baby. Amber and Joe become media sensations known as Prom Mom and Cad Dad. Fast forward......more

Goodreads review by Nilufer on August 30, 2024

Dark, sinister, intelligent, and absolutely jaw-dropping, Laura Lippman's signature slow-burn, detail-oriented, character-driven, twisty writing style will leave you lost in a mystery of betrayal, backstabbing, lies, and mind games. The cat-and-mouse game between unreliable, flawed characters is bre......more

Goodreads review by JanB on July 30, 2023

completely addictive, I finished the audio in one day. A well-written character-driven mystery, my favorite kind! The background: Amber Glass is “Prom mom”, forever known as the girl who gave birth to a premature infant in 1997 on Prom night. The infant died and there were questions that were never a......more

Goodreads review by Holly on August 24, 2023

I think my expectations were too high! The title sounds like a juicy page-turner, but wasn't at all. IMHO 🤷‍♀️ The further I read, the more the expectations balloon 🎈deflated. A very slow burn that dragged with every character's uninspiring background story and flat characterization (nothing redeeming......more

Goodreads review by Ceecee on April 09, 2023

3.5 rounded up Baltimore. In May 1997, Amber Glass is taken ill at her prom, her memory is a blur since waking up on the sticky hotel bathroom floor. She returns home but then it becomes seriously messed up when the police arrive, stating they believe Amber has given birth to a baby the previous nig......more

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