Audio Book Description:
As a child, Kathy - now thirty-one years old - lived at Hailsham, a privateschool in the scenic English countrysidewhere the children were sheltered fromthe outside world, brought up to believethat were special and that their well- being was crucial not only for themselv-es but for the society they wouldeventually enter. Kathy had long ago put this idyllic past behind her, but when two of herHailsham friends come back into her life, she stops resistingthe pull of memory. And so, as her friendship with Ruth is rekindled, and as the feelings that long ago fueled her adolescent crush onTommy begin to deepend into love, Kathy recalls their years at Hailsham. She describes happyscenes of boys and girlsgrowingup together, unperturbed - evencomforted - by their isolation.But she describes other scenes as well: of discord and misunderstanding that hint at a dark secret behind Hailsham`snurturing facade. With the dawning clarity of hindsight, the three friends are compelled to face the truth about their childhood - and about their livesnow.
