The Kitty Committee
A Novel of Suspense
by Kathryn Berla
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Pub Date Aug 14 2018 | Archive Date Aug 13 2018
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Description
Every year, it comes. And every year, it reminds Grace that someone knows her deepest secret—the secret whose silence has tormented Grace over the years. That secret began with an innocent gang of teenage friends who called themselves The Kitty Committee.
The Kitty Committee of Grace’s youth was ostensibly a group of friendship and support. But the friends fell victim to the ringleader’s manipulative personality and recklessness, which set the girls on a course of vigilante justice, culminating in an act that will forever change their lives, an act that becomes their shared secret.
Grace’s silence and guilt has led to over twenty years of disappointing relationships, an inability to commit, and a crisis of morality. And no matter how much Grace has suffered and lost, still it comes every year. The reminder that someone out there wants The Kitty Committee to suffer--someone who won’t forget and won’t forgive.
A Note From the Publisher
The Kitty Committee is her first novel written for adult readers.
Kathryn grew up in India, Syria, Europe, and Africa. Her love for experiencing new cultures runs deep, and she gives into it whenever she can. She has been an avid movie buff since childhood, and often sees the movie in her head before she writes the book.
Kathryn graduated from the University of California in Berkeley with a degree in English. She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9781944995751 |
| PRICE | $14.99 (USD) |
Featured Reviews
Gail S, Educator
I was searching netgalley for something to read and just happened to spot this book and thought I'd give it a chance. So glad I did. It was wonderful! Gripped me in right from the beginning. I had never heard of this author before but will certainly keep an eye out for her future books. Highly recommend!
Julie P, Reviewer
This reads like PREP meets PRETTY LITTLE LIARS. In fact, her writing is very Sittenfeld as well.
I don't know why it was listed as women's - almost the entire story is teenage years while written in a grownup language. This was kind of the best and also the weirdest thing about this book. While I kept thinking this is going to be hard because this is raising the bar for YA books (that tend to be written in a form of chit-chat sometimes, even when addressing drugs, alcohol, teenage death, divorce, rape etc.), and this book has a SIMPLY STELLAR LANGUAGE.
Half of my copy is highlighted just with original descriptions and chains of thoughts. That I also don't believe any high schooler would ever have. That's why I said - it's also the weirdest thing.
This reminded me of Sittenfeld's "Prep," that I also kept reading and thinking it's not very likely that a college kid would use such words in her own head.
It's more like a teacher's journal of a teenager's behavior.
I couldn't care less about the plot. In fact, the whole structure keeps jumping back and forth so much, sometimes even within the same chapter that so many things literally are re-written just to keep the reader in tune with what's going on. It felt like yet another version of Mean Girls gone bad, and despite the fact that there are deaths mentioned it feels like something distant, happening in the neighbors' yard, not yours.
I'm still in love with her writing and will download all of Berla's other books.
Jenelle R, Reviewer
I should not have read a review before I was to review a book. It said that this book should be classified YA. I could not disagree more. The portions of the characters high school years are necessary to understand the story. Overall it is a good book for which I give a solid 4/5. Thank you for allowing me to review this book.
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