The Finishing School

Posted on 25 May 2017 by Joanna Goodman

In this suspenseful, provocative novel of friendship, secrets, and deceit, a successful writer returns to her elite Swiss boarding school to get to the bottom of a tragic accident that took place while she was a student twenty years earlier.How far would you go to uncover the truth One spring night in 1998 the beautiful Cressida Strauss plunges from a fourth floor balcony at the Lyc e Internationale Suisse with catastrophic consequences Loath to draw negative publicity to the school, a bastion of European wealth and glamour, officials quickly dismiss the incident as an accident, but questions remain Was it a suicide attempt Or was Cressida pushed It was no secret that she had a selfish streak and had earned as many enemies as allies in her tenure at the school For her best friend, scholarship student Kersti Kuusk, the lingering questions surrounding Cressida s fall continue to nag long after she leaves the Lyc e.Kersti marries and becomes a bestselling writer, but never stops wondering about Cressida s obsession with the Helvetian Society a secret club banned years before their arrival at the school and a pair of its members who were expelled When Kersti is invited as a guest to the Lyc e s 100th Anniversary, she begins probing the cover up, unearthing a frightening underbelly of lies and abuse at the prestigious establishment And in one portentous moment, Kersti makes a decision that will connect her to Cressida forever and raise the stakes dangerously high in her own desire to solve the mystery and redeem her past.An unputdownable read as clever as it is compelling, The Finishing School offers a riveting glimpse into a privileged, rarefied world in which nothing is as it appears. Best Read [ The Finishing School ] author [ Joanna Goodman ] For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr Unexpectedly satisfying woman s fiction , with a complex plot and well developed characters Light reading, yes, but very well done.It has been 20 years since Kersti Kuusk set foot on the grounds of the Lyc e, the prestigious boarding school she attended as a teen Kersti was a scholarship student from Canada at the elite school, and she left abruptly in her senior year, after her best friend, Cressida, fell from her balcony one evening The school declared the event an accident, but now, Kersti finds herself unconvinced A timely letter from another of her school friends brings upquestions was Cressida pushed, or did It has been 20 years since Kersti Kuusk set foot on the grounds of the Lyc e, the prestigious boarding school she attended as a teen Kersti was a scholarship student from C...This was a quick read with a few twists and turns.Wow I don t know what to say about this book I won it through a Goodreads giveaway and I am so glad that I did This is one of those books that kept me thinking about it even while I wasn t reading it This book has everything Suspense, mystery, ...The finishing school Lillie is dead But she has some unfinished business I loved the little twists and turns leading the story and guiding Kersti and Cressida it drew me inNeeded to know what happened, what really happened Star reasoning connected with the characters interesting story love the writing style 2 slow going I wasnt really invested in the story Maybe its because I LOVED the home for unwanted girls so i wanted to love this just as much so i was let down I built up how The finishing school Lillie is dead But she has some unfinished business I loved the little twists and turns leading the story and guiding Kersti and Cressida it drew me inNeeded to know what happened, what...I m going to pull from reader Jenna Swayzie s review down below, because it pretty much sums up how I felt about the book too I expected a lotsecret society mystery and a lot less infertility drama, but the way the murder mystery part of the plot turned out was actually a lotrealistic and memorable I think if a good chunk of the present day plot line had been taken out and replaced withti...I really enjoyed the descriptions of Switzerland and the 90 s nostalgia The ending was mostly a surprise There were enough hints that the reader could figure out who s guilty, but not until the end Its a...I knew who the bad guy was by page 30, but read to the end hoping for some meat to discuss when I booktalk itnope Dry writing, dull characters, predictable plot, obvious twists Ugh I never learn.Wow What a great read Goodman leads you through the crazy, twisted, sexy, turbulent mindset of those individuals that attended that elite boarding school from students to teachers to administrators A tragic event Cressida s plunge from a fourth floor balcony takes place and it shapes the lives of all involved or thought to be involved Kersti has let the events of that night be pushed to the back of her mind for many years, but now she has been asked to come back as a speaker at the Wow What a great read Goodman leads you through the crazy, twisted, sexy, turbulent mindset of those individuals that attended that elite boarding school from students to teachers to administrators A tragic event Cressida s plunge from a fourth floor balcony takes place and it shapes the lives of all involved or thought to be involved Kersti has let the events of that night be pushed to the back of her mind for many years, b...Wow This book was not what I expected And by the ending, it still struck me as strange and disturbing The novel was all over the place Dual timelines were not enough, no the story jumped from June 1998 to June 2016 to July 2001 I grew confused Kersti annoyed me The I want my own baby, my and my husband s own DNA mindset really gets under my skin Her poor, poor husband The plot of Kersti carrying babies born of her friend s eggs and Kersti s husband s sperm just seemed really sc Wow This book was not what I expected And by the ending, it still struck me as strange and disturbing The novel was all over the place Dual timelines were not enough, no the story jumped from June 1998 to June 2016 to July 2001 I grew confused Kersti annoyed me The I want my own baby, my and my husband s own DNA mindset really gets under my skin Her poor, poor husband The plot of Kersti carr...

25 May 2017

Joanna Goodman