![]() ![]() ![]() She was a normal knockabout teenager with a bad “Grrl” tattoo to show for it, not to mention too few years between her and her oldest child’s ages. It’s as though everybody were rewarding themselves for abstaining from their true, dark desires for so long.Ībbott’s protagonist, Katie Knox, is a mother who never meant to be one of those moms. ![]() There’s too much sweet-tasting alcohol, too many songs remembered from younger and more daring times, and too many limits tested. Set in one of those suburbs where certain kinds of parents seem to do nothing but act as a shuttle service for their off-spring (school, activities, repeat), Megan Abbott’s novel starts at a party where everything just seems wrong no matter how much effort is put into making it right. You Will Know Me is an emotionally grisly mystery story where the crime was committed long before the dead body appeared. ![]()
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