| International Standard Book Number |
9780063289680 (hardcover)
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| International Standard Book Number |
0063289687
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| Personal Name |
Madden, T Kira, author.
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| Title Statement |
Whidbey : a novel / T Kira Madden.
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| Edition Statement |
First edition.
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| Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice |
New York : Mariner Books, 2026.
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| Physical Description |
372 pages ; 24 cm.
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| General Note |
Includes content warning for "scenes of abuse, including sexual violence against children." --page 367.
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| Summary, Etc. |
"Birdie Chang didn't know anything about Whidbey Island when she chose it, only that it was about as far away as she could get from her own life. She's a woman on the run, desperate for an escape from the headlines back home and the look of concern in her girlfriend's eyes--and from Calvin Boyer, the man who abused her as a child and who's now resurfaced. On her way, she has an unnerving encounter with a stranger on the ferry who offers her a proposition, a sinister solution and plan for revenge. But Birdie isn't the only girl Calvin harmed back then. There's also Linzie King, a former reality TV star who recently wrote all about it in her bestselling memoir. Though the two women have never met, their stories intertwine. Once Birdie arrives on Whidbey, she finally cracks the book's spine, only to find too much she recognizes in its pages. Soon after, on the other side of the country, Calvin's loving mother, Mary-Beth, receives a shocking phone call from the police: her only son has been murdered. Calvin's death sets into motion a series of events that sends each woman on a desperate search for answers. A complex whodunit told from alternating points of view, Whidbey is searingly perceptive and astonishingly original. Exploring the long reach of violence and our flawed systems of incarceration and rehabilitation, this is a tense and provocative debut that's sure to incite crucial questions about the pursuit of justice and who has real power over a story: the one who lives it, or the one who tells it?"-- Publisher's website.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Adult child abuse victims Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Asian American women Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Women, White Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Child molesters Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Murder Investigation Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Revenge Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Mothers of criminals Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Psychic trauma Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
LGBTQ+ people Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Geographical Term |
Whidbey Island (Wash.) Fiction.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Psychological fiction.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Thrillers (Fiction)
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Suspense fiction.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Detective and mystery fiction.
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