The Ingenue
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Thank you St Martinโs Press for this gifted copy.
Anytime Iโm looking for a new mystery or thriller, the first thing I look for, is one that is going to have excellent suspense, and some serious twists. ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ป๐ด๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฒ looks like just the ticket too, and it hits stores today!
๐๐ฎ ๐ฟ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐จ๐จ๐ ๐ข๐๐๐ฉ๐จ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ช๐๐๐ฃ'๐จ ๐๐๐ข๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐๐จ ๐ฃ๐๐ฌ ๐ฃ๐ค๐ซ๐๐ก ๐ค๐ ๐จ๐ช๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ฃ๐จ๐ ๐๐๐ค๐ช๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐๐จ ๐ค๐ ๐๐๐ข๐๐ก๐ฎ, ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ก๐๐ข๐๐ฉ๐จ ๐ค๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ก๐๐ฃ๐ฉ, ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ง๐๐จ๐ ๐จ ๐ค๐ ๐๐ข๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ, ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ง๐๐ฌ๐๐ง๐๐จ ๐ค๐ ๐ง๐๐ซ๐๐ฃ๐๐.
๐ฆ๐๐ป๐ผ๐ฝ๐๐ถ๐: When former piano prodigy Saskia Kreis returns home to Milwaukee after her mother's unexpected death, she expects to inherit the family estate, the Elf House. But with the discovery that her mother's will bequeathed the Elf House to a man that Saskia shares a complicated history with, she is forced to reexamine her own pastโโand the romantic relationship that changed the course of her lifeโโfor answers. Can she find a way to claim her heritage while keeping her secrets buried, or will the fallout from digging too deep destroy her?
Set against a post #MeToo landscape, Rachel Kapelke-Dale's The Ingenue delves into mother-daughter relationships, the expectations of talent, the stories we tell ourselves, and what happens when the things that once made you special are taken from you. Moving between Saskia's childhood and the present day, this dark, contemporary fairy tale pulses with desire, longing, and uncertainty, as it builds to its spectacular, shocking climax.
๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ฒ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฌ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ซ๐๐๐๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ ๐ง๐๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ข๐ซ ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ง๐จ๐จ๐ง ๐๐๐๐๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ข๐ฑ?
This Afternoon
Oh, I just had a blast teaching my afternoon spin class! Todayโs theme was sing-along, so it was full of songs everyone was singing to and rocking out with. And of course I had to end class with this classic:
You know you just started singing a song in your head!
As you can see, it was definitely quite the workout!
