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Testimony (Shreve novel)
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Wikipedia article
'Testimony' is a novel by Anita Shreve first published in 2008. The novel describes an unfolding sex scandal at a Massachusetts prep school.
Synopsis
'Testimony' tells the story of a sex scandal at a prestigious prep school called Avery Academy in Avery, Massachusetts - a small town with many blue collar workers. This school has a good reputation for sending students to Ivy League schools, but everything changes when this scandal is mishandled and covered up by the administration. The novel switches point-of-view and discusses the incident from multiple perspectives. Some of the most notable include: Mike Bordwin, the headmaster of the school; Rob Leicht; a member of the basketball team with prospects of going to Brown University; Ellen Leicht, Rob's mother; Silas Quinney, a local boy whose mother is having an affair with the school's headmaster; Owen Quinney, a local farmer and Silas's father; Noelle, Silas's girlfriend; James "J. Dot" Robles, a postgraduate basketball player; and Sienna, the only girl involved in the sex scandal; and Geoff Coggeshall, the dean of students who takes over as headmaster after the scandal.
All of these perspectives are mini "interviews" conducted by a journalist at the University of Vermont who is trying to get to the bottom of this incident.
References
Category:2008 novels
Category:Sex scandals in fiction
Category:Novels set in Massachusetts
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