Overview
Frankie is a good daughter, a loyal best friend, and a model student, coasting through her final semester at an elite Catholic prep school in a wealthy Pittsburgh enclave. But acceptance to her dream college leaves her unmoored. When a classmate takes his life after posting a cryptic message about Woolf Whiting, a former student who died in a presumed suicide years earlier, she begins to question whether getting what she wants will ever be enough.
As the community mourns, a muffled conversation between Frankie's mom, who teaches history at the school, and the priest who teaches her philosophy class, captures her imagination. Soon, Frankie is drawn into an investigation of the life and death of Woolf, who had been a legendary star hockey player with the brightest of futures. Frankie speaks to Woolf's sister, Maddie, now a high-powered lawyer in New York; his former girlfriend, Susanna Mercer—who Woolf's mother is convinced knows more about Woolf's death than she has revealed; and his best friend, Vince Mahoney. With the help of her best friend, she unravels the mystery of what happened, revealing the darkside of her supposedly elite education.
With a wry, up-the-patriarchy, wise-beyond-her-years narrator in Frankie and a page-turning plot, Fine Young People is a cold-case mystery with a Hitchcockian twist and a portrait of a young woman searching for meaning in a world that values achievement above all else—perfect for anyone who loves a campus novel with a decidedly contemporary voice.
This book title, Fine Young People, ISBN: 9781643757001, by Anna Bruno, published by Algonquin Books (July 29, 2025) is available in hardcover. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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