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My Sweet Girl

Jayatissa, Amanda. Book - 2021 Fiction / Jayatissa, Amanda, Adult Book / Fiction / Thriller / General / Jayatissa, Amanda 3 On Shelf No requests on this item Community Rating: 3 out of 5

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"Paloma thought her perfect life would begin once she was adopted and made it to America, but she's about to find out that no matter how far you run, your past always catches up to you... Ever since she was adopted from a Sri Lankan orphanage, Paloma has had the best of everything-schools, money, and parents so perfect that she fears she'll never live up to them. Now thirty years old and recently cut off from her parents' funds, she decides to sublet the second bedroom of her overpriced San Francisco apartment to Arun, who recently moved from India. Paloma has to admit it feels good helping someone find their way in America-that is until Arun discovers Paloma's darkest secret, one that could jeopardize her own fragile place in this country. Before Paloma can pay Arun off, she finds him facedown in a pool of blood. She flees the apartment, but by the time the police arrive, there's no body-and no evidence that Arun ever even existed in the first place. Paloma is terrified this is all somehow tangled up in the desperate actions she took to escape Sri Lanka so many years ago. Did Paloma's secret die with Arun or is she now in greater danger than ever before?"-- Provided by publisher.

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Good if you aren’t good at guessing twists submitted by rshah on August 2, 2022, 2:10pm The premise for the book is interesting and it’s nicely paced. Unfortunately, I figured out most of the twists. I was proud of myself because I normally don’t get the twists, but that also made it harder to enjoy because it became predictable to me. If you’re not good at guessing twists, or you don’t mind if you do, then it’s definitely a god read.

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PUBLISHED
New York : Berkley, 2021.
Year Published: 2021
Description: 376 pages ; 24 cm
Language: English
Format: Book

ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780593335086
0593335082

SUBJECTS
Sri Lankans -- United States -- Fiction.
Adoptees -- Fiction.
Adoption -- Fiction.
Murder -- Fiction.
Secrecy -- Fiction.
San Francisco (Calif.) -- Fiction.
Thrillers (Fiction)