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The novel is structured as a letter from Linda to her best friend, Kelly, recounting her childhood secrets. The central mystery involves her family history, a hidden adoption, a scandal involving her uncle, and a catastrophic flood. Truong weaves together the complexities of Southern identity, racism (Linda’s family is white, but her Vietnamese-American author imbues the narrative with outsider sensitivity), and the unreliability of memory.

A traumatic event involving a gun. Linda leaves for college.

The novel is elegantly structured in two parts, which are essentially a confession followed by a revelation.

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