Monday, December 5, 2016

The Drowning Girls by Paula Treick DeBoard FIC DeB

With one job offer the McGinnis family (Liz, husband Phil, and daughter Danielle) went from living a modest middle-class life to living in the lap of luxury.  Phil was hired to manage a very exclusive gated-community called The Palms.  The house they are given to live in will never be filled with furniture like the neighbors. Phil is busy handling the whims and complaints of the priviledged residents.  Liz is looking forward to going back in the fall to her counseling job at the high school Danielle will be attending.  Liz is worried about Danielle meeting friends, so she is thrilled when a neighborhood girl, Kelsey, starts hanging out with Danielle.  In fact in no time at all Kelsey is practically living at their house.  And there is something about her that makes Liz uncomfortable.

In the meantime Kelsey is becoming obsessed with Phil.  Every time he turns around she is there in her skimpy clothing.  He doesn't tell Liz about it the first time and then it became harder and harder to confide in her.  The story is told from both Liz's and Phil's point of view.  Their lives begin spiraling out of control and ends in a tragedy.

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