This is one of those novels where you find out right at the beginning that something terrible that happened years ago is about to become big news, exposing secrets and changing lives, even, perhaps, healing some old wounds.
The story revolves around two girls from completely different backgrounds who meet at a small Connecticut College and become best friends for 3 years. Megan Mazeros, from Woodstock, Kansas, puts her dreams of college aside to help the family while her father dies slowly of mesothelioma. When he asks her to help him end his pain and suffering she is horrified, but after his death, Megan's mother reveals that his insurance will provide enough money for Megan to attend college. At Keale College she meets Lauren Mabrey, the troubled daughter of a U.S. Senator from Simsbury, CT. Lauren is the Mabrey renegade, the child who refuses to conform and present the right image, yet who's mother always "fixes" her problems. Megan and Lauren, despite their vastly different backgrounds, become best friends and confidantes, even sharing their deepest secrets.
After their junior year at Keale, Lauren invites Megan to spend several weeks at her family's summer retreat at a private island off the coast of Maine. It is an idyllic vacation for the girls until Megan disappears without a word one day before her scheduled departure date. It isn't until many years later that Lauren discovers the truth behind Megan's exit from her life and the depth of her family's drive to protect their own image no matter what the cost.
Although a bit predictable in some respects, this novel also offers a few surprises. It was well worth reading. I can't say that I really LIKED the main characters, which is a bit unusual for me, but they definitely held my interest.
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