A riveting novel about how the past never stays in the past, from the critically acclaimed author of DROWNING GIRLS. Megan Mazeros and Lauren Mabrey are complete opposites on paper. Megan, a girl from a modest Midwest background, and Lauren, the daughter of a senator from an esteemed New England family. When they become roommates at a private women's college, they forge a strong, albeit unlikely, friendship. The summer before senior year, Megan joins Lauren and her family on their private island off the coast of Maine. Then late one night, something unspeakable happens, searing through the framework of their friendship and tearing them apart.