Recensori in anteprimaNina de Gramont

Brett had been in love with Charlie from the day she laid eyes on him in college. When Charlie is found murdered, Brett is devastated. But, if she is honest with herself, their marriage had been hanging by a thread for quite some time. Though all clues point to Charlie’s brother Eli, who’s been in and out of psychiatric hospitals for years, any number of people might have been driven to slit the throat of Charlie Moss–a handsome, charismatic man who unwittingly damaged almost every life he touched. Now, looking back on their lives together, Brett is determined to understand how such a tragedy could have happened–and whether she was somehow complicit. Set against the desolate autumn beauty of Cape Cod, The Last September is a riveting emotional puzzle. Award-winning author Nina de Gramont is at the top of her game as she takes readers inside the psyche of a woman facing down the meaning of love and loyalty.

Brett had been in love with Charlie from the first day she laid eyes on him in college. When Charlie is brutally murdered, Brett is devastated. But, if she is honest with herself, their marriage had been hanging by a thread for quite some time, especially after Charlie had an affair. The recent reappearance in their lives of his unstable younger brother, Eli, further strained their relationship until Brett, ever steadfast in her devotion to Charlie, began to question her own commitment in the days leading up to his death. Though all clues point to Eli, who’s been in and out of psychiatric hospitals for years, any number of people might have been driven to slit the throat of Charlie Moss–a handsome, charismatic man who unwittingly damaged almost every life he touched. Now, looking back on their lives together, Brett is determined to understand how such a tragedy could have happened — and whether she was somehow complicit. Set against the lush yet desolate autumn beauty of Cape Cod, The Last September is a riveting emotional puzzle. Award-winning author Nina de Gramont takes readers inside the psyche of a woman facing down the meaning of love and loyalty in a mesmerizing novel that is as moving as it is unpredictable.

Gossip of the Starlings traces the destructive friendship of Catherine Morrow and Skye Butterfield, two teenage girls struggling to blossom in the confines of an elite prep-school in New England. Catherine, a talented seventeen-year-old horse rider with an unfortunate pension for cocaine, befriends the beautiful Skye, and they kick start a relationship both romantic and dangerous. Skye, daughter of a beloved senator, daring and determined to rebel, is drawn to Catherine's quiet habits of drug-use and drinking. Catherine is in turn seduced by Skye's charm, and both are unable to resist a headlong rush toward danger that is borne from their newfound friendship. The story ends in widespread tragedy that neither girl is able to prevent or turn away from, destroying the lives of teachers, friends, and family. Gossip of the Starlins is a thrilling novel of how things can quickly spiral out of control in the pulsing world of adolescence. Tracing the closeness found in the friendship of young women, it also harbors a depth and darkness that is sure to enrapture. Nina de Gramont is the author of Booksense selection Of Cats and Men. Her fiction has appeared in Nerve, post road, Exquisite Corpse, and Seventeen magazine