She is prepared to do anything to learn the truth, including lying so she can get close to Quinn. If not, what sparked the impulse to return to those experiences and that setting all these years later? Are there books or movies that you used as models or inspiration? 0. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. Our payment security system encrypts your information during transmission. This is a difficult review for me to write, in part because I'm still not quite sure how I feel about this weirdly fascinating, slippery trip of a novel. Tenney was released on February 16, 2017 and retired in 2018. Enjoy free shipping on $125 orders. How did you manage to design such a finely tuned mystery? Robin Wasserman (RW): I know you studied abroad in France when you were younger, and I'm curious whether you've been playing around with this book idea ever since. After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. Let someone else relate the plot. It also analyzes reviews to verify trustworthiness. After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. Reviewed in the United States on January 6, 2010. The author must also hate France and French people. The girls go undercover at a health spa where rich runaways have plastic surgery to keep their true identities a secret. Bring your club to Amazon Book Clubs, start a new book club and invite your friends to join, or find a club that’s right for you for free. 0. Her distraught lover, a local boy, hangs himself. Or, at least, I did! Find all the books, read about the author, and more. I loved the interwoven French language and while I didn't understand a lot of it I was able to figure out what was being said. Just shop online and add your products to your cart. the essence of storytelling is here. Everyone who lives near the swamp dreams about Eddie de Wire, the lost American girl. ..or perhaps her duplicity. Molly is the story's detective figure, trying to piece together the mystery that is Quinn; to find out whether she's telling the truth or creating a clever cover story. Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations, Select the department you want to search in, + No Import Fees Deposit & $9.63 Shipping to Germany. The first hundred pages are so confusing and off-putting that any reader must exercise great patience, but if the patent reader makes it that far, the story of an emerging friendship between two young and damaged girls is well worth reading to the end. A riveting psychological thriller about an American exchange student in France involved in a suspicious accident—and the dark secrets a small town is hiding. Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations, Select the department you want to search in. . the plot was boring. The show's producer, Francis X. Casey (Spielberg), is busy juggling assignments, often changing the girls' schedules in mid-assignment and sometimes flying out to help them out of a tough situation. -, "From the style to the content, this book keeps you guessing until the very end and is a definite must-read for anyone who likes a good mystery, William Morrow Paperbacks (August 2, 2016), Molly pursues the story like a good journalist, Reviewed in the United States on August 17, 2016. The American Girls is an American adventure-drama series that aired on CBS on Saturday nights from September 23 to November 11, 1978.