{"product_id":"fine-young-people-9781643757001","title":"Fine Young People","description":"\u003cb\u003eWhen a high-school senior investigates the death of a star hockey player at her elite Jesuit school, she discovers the rot at the heart of the institution\u003c\/b\u003e--\u003cb\u003eand the truth about her own past \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ealong the way.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Frankie is a good daughter, a loyal best friend, and a model student, coasting through her final semester at an elite Catholic prep school in a wealthy Pittsburgh enclave. But acceptance to her dream college leaves her unmoored. When a classmate takes his life after posting a cryptic message about Woolf Whiting--a former student hockey player who died in a presumed suicide years earlier--Frankie and her best friend, Shiv, decide to investigate Woolf's death as part of their journalism class project. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As the community mourns, a muffled conversation between Frankie's mom, who teaches history at the school, and the priest who teaches her philosophy class draws the girls further into unraveling the mysterious life and death of Woolf. Frankie speaks to his sister, now a high-powered lawyer in New York; his former girlfriend, who Woolf's mother is convinced knows more about his death than she has revealed; and his best friend. As she does, she discovers much more than she expected about the history of her supposed elite education. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With a wry, up-the-patriarchy, wise-beyond-her-years narrator in Frankie and a page-turning plot, \u003ci\u003eFine Young People\u003c\/i\u003e is\u003ci\u003e Happiness Falls \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eI Have Some Questions for You\u003c\/i\u003e--a cold-case mystery with a Hitchcockian twist and a portrait of a young woman searching for meaning in a world that values achievement above all else.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Algonquin Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/29\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781643757001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.25h x 6.25w x 1.01d","brand":"Anna Bruno","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45439168315573,"sku":"9781643757001","price":24.65,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_9cbc7c4a-165f-4905-8171-ca2e1c50b83b.jpg?v=1749003773","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/fine-young-people-9781643757001","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}