We can only save ourselves : a novel
(Book)

Bklst 12/01/2020

LJ Sep 2020

PW 11/01/2020

"Alice Lange's neighbors are proud to know her-a high-achieving student, cheerleader, and all-around good citizen, she's the perfect emblem of their sunny neighborhood. But the night before she's expected to be crowned Homecoming Queen, Alice commits a shocking act of vandalism, then disappears. She hasn't been kidnapped. She's run away with a magnetic stranger named Wesley, who has promised her freedom and enlightenment in his nearby bungalow. But when they arrive, she discovers four other young women already living there, seeking the same kind of adventure. Alice's new lifestyle is intoxicating at first, but as Wesley's demands on all of the women increase, the house becomes a pressure cooker-until one day they reach the point of no return. Back home, the neighborhood mothers worry about Alice's safety, but they also resent the tear she made in the fabric of their perfect world. They must face the question: Was their suburbia ever as golden as it seemed?"--book jacket.