Katie and Eric Knox have given everything for their fifteen-year-old daughter Devon, a gymnastics prodigy with a chance at the Olympics. Their lives revolve around the gym, the coach, Teddy, and the other parents. When a young man connected to the gym is killed in a hit-and-run, Katie starts to look into what happened and finds that the tight community around the gymnasts conceals tensions. Megan Abbott examines the obsession and sacrifice of parents who tie their ambitions to a child's body, and keeps the tension high as Katie realises what she may be willing to do.
Readers of domestic suspense who like a dark portrait of competitive sport will find it tense and unsettling. It is about parental ambition and the lengths people go to protect a dream.
Clear-cut and escapist; an easy read.
Best for readers like The Escapist Adventurer. Which reader are you?
- Published
- 2016
- Language
- EN
