The Lake of Dead Languages

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3.9

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Carol Goodman

“A gothic and elegant page-turner.”—The Boston Globe Twenty years ago, Jane Hudson fled the Heart Lake School for Girls in the Adirondacks after a terrible tragedy. The week before her graduation, in that sheltered wonderland, three lives were taken, all victims of suicide. Only Jane was left to carry the burden of a mystery that has stayed hidden in the depths of Heart Lake for more than two decades. Now Jane has returned to the school as a Latin teacher, recently separated and hoping to make a fresh start with her young daughter. But ominous messages from the past dredge up forgotten memories. And young, troubled girls are beginning to die again–as piece by piece the shattering truth slowly floats to the surface. . . .

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Author

Carol Goodman

Pages

432

Publisher

Random House Publishing Group

Published Date

2005-12-27

ISBN

0345490916 9780345490919

Ratings

Google: 4

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"I then read all the authors other books and they are just as good. But this book stayed with me…I could literally tell you the shelf on the library where it was but couldn’t think of the name or author. It drove me crazy!!!"

Danielle Henry

"This book was probably just okay. I liked the characters and setting of the story, but the plot was pretty predictable. Maybe like 3/5 stars."

Elise Meyers

"this book is craaazy there was plot twist after plot twist "

cararemy

"DNF...honestly, this wasn't bad, per say. It's just that I felt like I read this book before. In the blurb, it is mentioned that this book is "evocative" of The Secret History. The problem is, it's not just evocative, it is a gender swapped retelling of The Secret History. All the elements are the same, just a slightly different twist. Again, I liked The Secret History, but I didn't like it enough to reread, and certainly not to reread as a different book."

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Allie Peduto

"Love this story! Have read it more than once and was gripping each time. Haunting story that takes place in a girls' private school with dual time lines and a mystery to solve!"