![]() ![]() ![]() Abbott keenly examines the pressures put on girls’ bodies and the fierce, often misguided love parents have for their children. But she can’t help being inexorably drawn to the tragedy and the young man who died, and in the process Katie learns that what she thought she knew about Devon only scratches the surface. ![]() When an unexpected death rocks the gym community, Katie is determined not only to shield her daughter from the fallout but also to make sure that Devon’s elite trajectory doesn’t falter. Thriller Awardwinner Abbott (The Fever) takes a piercing look at what one family will sacrifice in the name of. ![]() Despite a childhood foot injury, Devon is the obvious star of the gym, something the other parents both appreciate (because it raises BelStars’s profile) and quietly resent (because it makes their own daughters look second-rate). Abbott, Apr 25, 2017, Back Bay Books edition, paperback You Will Know Me (edition) Open Library It looks like youre offline. Although I have no interest in the Olympics, it’s fairly much impossible to ignore the associate hype and media coverage. For Katie and Eric Knox, nothing is more important than ensuring that their 16-year-old daughter, Devon, has everything she needs to pursue a possible Olympic berth in gymnastics, from round-the-clock training with coach Teddy Belfour at BelStars Gym to a plethora of high-performance leotards and hand grips. Megan Abbott’s You Will Know Me arrived at the top of my reading pile with perfect timing. Thriller Award–winner Abbott ( The Fever) takes a piercing look at what one family will sacrifice in the name of making their daughter a champion. ![]()
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