Many thanks to NetGalley and Algonquin Books for gifting me a digital ARC of this novel by Anna Bruno. All opinions expressed in this review are my own - 4.5 stars rounded up!
Frankie and her best friend, Shiv, are working on a senior journalism project at their elite Catholic prep school in Pittsburgh, focusing on the presumed suicide of a student years earlier, after a current classmate just died by suicide. The young women start probing into the earlier death of Woolf Whiting, a hockey star student, and begin conversations with his sister, his best friend, his girlfriend, and his mother. Along the way, Frankie discovers much more than she expected.
I really enjoyed this novel and the way the story was presented. From the viewpoint of her college years, Frankie narrates the story of their high school project as they are interviewing those involved. Those interviews give us insight into the back story of all the involved people in Woolf's life. While the mystery into what really happened to Woolf is intriguing, I also really enjoyed the coming-of-age exploration and the Catholic and religious themes throughout. Plus, it definitely shines an eye on the importance of sports in such institutions and the issues that can present. Wonderful book!
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