Wayward Girls, Claire Matturro
Wayward Girls, Claire Matturro
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Wayward Girls

Author: Claire Matturro, Penny Koepsel

Narrator: Anne Marie Damman

Unabridged: 10 hr 4 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/10/2022


Synopsis

"Wayward Girls" is a portrait of brave sisterhood, infused with beauty and exquisite pain. Your heart will melt with every turn of the page." Laura Benedict, Edgar-nominated author of The Stranger Inside"Wayward Girls delivers suspense, emotional depth, social commentary, and a gripping story. Grab a copy, a box of tissues, and the phone number of your oldest friend, because you're going to want to talk about this one after you turn the last page. It's a terrific book." Mary Anna Evans, author of the Faye Longchamp Mysteries
When late-night phone calls summon Jude Coleridge and Camille Prescott back to the Talbot Hall School for Girls, painful memories bombard them. Though estranged for years, both bear the physical and emotional scars from their youth.At the boarding school, they were branded “the crazy girls, the ones who lie” and became unlikely best friends. They soon formed a trio with a new student, Wanda Ann, who pulled them into her bewildering relationship with the school psychologist, Dr. Hedstrom. But Wanda Ann’s wild stories masked a truth that threatened to engulf them all.As teens, the girls could only rely on each other as they moved toward an unfathomable, fiery danger. Now, in the crumbling halls of Talbot, hours before the building’s demolition, they must grant forgiveness, to themselves and others, if they are to move forward.

About Claire Matturro

Claire Matturro has been a journalist in Alabama, a lawyer in Florida, an organic blueberry farmer in Georgia, and taught at Florida State University College of Law and as a visiting professor of legal writing one long, snowy winter at the University of Oregon. She now lives with her husband and two rescued cats in Florida. Her books include: Skinny-Dipping (a BookSense pick, Romantic Times' Best First Mystery, and nominated for a Barry Award); Wildcat Wine (nominated for a Georgia Writer of the Year Award); Bone Valley, and Sweetheart Deal (winner of Romantic Times' Award for Most Humorous Mystery), all published by William Morrow. She remains active in writers' groups and contributes regularly to Southern Literary Review.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Courtney (caffeinereadrepeat) on March 26, 2022

Well Flappin' Chickens! 😳😯🤯 Well holy cannoli! First, don't let this cover fool you - it is NOT a young adult book! But gosh was this book was very impressive. The difficult topics dealt with in this book, from a time a while ago of how it was handled, was written and delivered so sensitively and wit......more

Goodreads review by Bruce on October 28, 2021

Wayward Girls is not chic lit. Is it is not a happy memorabilia, a romance, a forbidden love triangle, an unrequited angst-filled melodrama. It is a drama worth reading, thinking about, and understanding that many of the conditions it describes from a generation ago, are still alive and well in too......more

Goodreads review by Donna Christie on October 24, 2021

First it was Nickel Boys and now Wayward Girls - troubled teens faced horror in Florida in times not too far past. As in the case of another reader, I have had no experience with boarding schools and certainly didn't realized there were so many of them still operating, both therapeutic and "finishi......more

Goodreads review by Betanda on October 04, 2021

Wayward Girls highlights the vulnerability of children, young adults, and anyone who does not follow ‘normal' development or ‘acceptable’ behaviour. Those who don't feel they belong are normally the ones targeted by bullies and abusers. The authors Claire Mutturro and Penny Koepsel covered the subje......more

Goodreads review by Gale on September 14, 2021

Bold and unflinching with a compelling plot and captivating timeline.......more