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The Dorm

by Emma Abrams

A buried identity at the heart of a family mystery

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A buried identity at the heart of a family mystery

The discovery of a child’s body at a missionary boarding school sets off a mystery that reaches from the school’s basement into Andie Parker’s uncertain past. Police believe the child may be Andie, while she insists the missing girl was her dormmate Miriam. The conflict turns the investigation inward: Andie must confront fragments of childhood memory as questions about her identity strain her marriage and her relationships with her siblings. The novel brings together a missing-child case, contested memories, and family ties, with the search for what happened to Miriam bound up in the question of who Andie is.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in mysteries centered on identity and missing memories.
  • Readers who enjoy stories where an investigation intersects with family relationships.
  • Readers drawn to settings involving boarding schools and childhood secrets.

Themes

Identity and memoryChildhood and its aftermathFamily estrangementA missing-child investigation

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Book overview

Andie Parker has just been told that she may have unconsciously taken on someone else's identity as a child. But how could this be? How could she not know who she is?

The police have found the body of a little girl in the basement of a missionary boarding school; a little girl they believe to be Andie Parker. But the woman living as Andie Parker knows this must be impossible. The little girl had to be her old dormmate, Miriam, who went missing at the age of seven. And yet, the police and even her own family aren't quite convinced she is who she says she is.

Now, Andie must relive her childhood trauma as she is confronted with flashbacks, horrible nightmares, and vignettes from her childhood, all while desperately trying to uncover missing memories, save her marriage, and reconnect with her estranged siblings. Can Andie discover who she really is, and find out what happened to the little girl in the basement?
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