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Confessions

Translated by Stephen Snyder

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After calling off her engagement in wake of a tragic revelation, Yuko Moriguchi had nothing to live for except her only child, four-year-old Manami. Now, following an accident on the grounds of the middle school where she teaches, Yuko has given up and tendered her resignation. But first she has one last lecture to deliver. She tells a story that upends everything her students ever thought they knew about two of their peers, and sets in motion a maniacal plot for revenge. Narrated in alternating voices, with twists you’ll never see coming, Confessions explores the limits of punishment, despair, and tragic love, culminating in a harrowing confrontation between teacher and student that will place the occupants of an entire school in danger.

japanese title: Kokuhaku
subjects: Middle school
Suspense
genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780316200929
OCLC number: 864092726
publisher: Mulholland Books/Little, Brown and Company
publication place: New York
japanese publication date: 2008
english publication date: 2014
document type: Book
description: 234 pages ; 21 cm