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Also by Kerry Kletter:

East Coast Girls, June 2020
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The First Time She Drowned, March 2016
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The First Time She Drowned
Kerry Kletter

Philomel
March 2016
On Sale: March 15, 2016
Featuring: Cassie O'Malley
340 pages
ISBN: 0399171037
EAN: 9780399171031
Kindle: B01071RFK4
Hardcover / e-Book
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Young Adult

The beautiful struggle of a girl desperate for the one relationship that has caused her the most pain

Cassie O'Malley has spent the past two and a half years in a mental institution—dumped there by her mother, against her will. Now, at 18, Cassie emancipates herself, determined to start over. She attends college, forms new friendships, and even attempts to start fresh with her mother. But before long, their unhealthy relationship threatens to pull Cassie under once again. As Cassie struggles to reclaim her life, childhood memories persist and confuse, and Cassie must consider whose version of history is real, and more important, whose life she must save.

A bold, literary story about the fragile complexities of mothers and daughters and learning to love oneself, The First Time She Drowned reminds us that we must dive deep into our pasts if we are ever to move forward.