[Publib] Book stumper help, please!

[Chantal Walvoord]

That sounds like Age of Consent by Geoffrey Wolff(brother of Tobias
Wolff)

 

Chantal Walvoord

 

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From: publib-bounces at webjunction.org
[mailto:publib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Emily Jones
Sent: Sunday, January 08, 2006 2:47 PM
To: publib at webjunction.org
Subject: [Publib] Book stumper help, please!

 

Hi,

 

I thought this was a YA novel but haven't had any luck with the teen
librarians in my system or on the YALSA-BK listserv, so I'm hoping one
of you might be able to help!

 

This is a book that I read in the past 3-4 years and it's driving me
crazy that I can't think of the title. This is what I remember: 

 

-teenage girl dives (off a rock or ledge?) into a shallow body of water
and kills herself (or maybe just paralyzed)- maybe she was being
molested? You know about her taking the plunge at the beginning of the
story, and narrator tries to figure out why, if really suicide, etc.

-her brother was shocked when she stripped down to her underwear/naked
in front of everyone before she takes the dive; she does it during a
community gathering of some sort, and lots of people see it happen

-possibly told from a sibling's POV- brother?

-story takes place in isolated, rural community

-a pivotal character is some guy who makes wood furniture in his own
workshop and may have had something to do with the girl's unhappiness

-there's a house with a room (maybe in a tower) with lots of windows- I
think the family built the house themselves

-community gets together for seasonal celebrations- kids grew up knowing
each other

 

And I think there might also be something about the brother going to a
private school, and some sort of scandal happened there with a teacher
and another student. However, I might be mixing plots now as I slowly
lose my mind. I have no idea why I'm so hung up on this!

 

I'm going nuts and Novelist, Amazon, and Google aren't helping! I also
sent out a request to our reference librarians listserv, and so far I
can tell it is not: "The Dive from Clausen's Pier," a V.C Andrews title,
or "Bee and Jacky."

 

Thank you in advance for saving my sanity,

Emily

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