All Souls

At Siddons, an exclusive girls' school in Manhattan, the 1997 school year begins with bad news: Astra Dell, a gentle, red-haired senior, has a rare cancer and spends most of the year in hospital. Her absence touches everyone around her. Her best friend Car starves herself while her wealthy, thin mother handles it badly; Marlene, whose mother struggles to pay the fees, visits Astra more faithfully than the rich girls do; Lisa, an outsider who hides behind a tough manner, draws a teacher's dangerous attention; and shy Anna Mazur, who teaches at the school, longs for her colleague Tim Weeks. In brief, separate scenes the novel moves among students, parents and teachers through one year.

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About the book

Form

Novel

Genres

Coming of age (assigned by AI)

Set in

United States, 1997

First published

2008

Author's age

60 when first published

ISBN

9780151014491 (Harcourt, United States)

9780156033381 (Mariner Books, United States)

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