{"product_id":"while-we-were-silent-9781448320035","title":"While We Were Silent","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDevastating secrets shroud the campus of Green Dell Academy, secrets that some think are worth killing for . . . From Lambda Literary Award finalist Alex Myers comes a provocative dark academia novel.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThere are rules and then there's reality . . .\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eAutumn, 2015. \u003c\/i\u003eGreen Dell Academy is a prestigious co-ed prep school tucked away in a quiet corner of Connecticut. And although it has its first female head of school, it's still very much a boys' club--a club with longstanding \"traditions\" that involve gross misconduct--and now murder. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA woman has been killed, right on campus, a woman who has been deeply involved in fighting sexual violence, a woman who had no shortage of enemies. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe murder case, coupled with an investigation into allegations of sexual assault, threatens to bring dark, deep-rooted secrets to the surface, the kind of secrets that go back decades--and some people seem to value the old ways more than human life . . . \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFor fans of Rebecca Makkai's \u003ci\u003eI Have Some Questions For You\u003c\/i\u003e and Ashley Winstead's \u003ci\u003eIn My Dreams I Hold a Knife\u003c\/i\u003e. Written by the current teacher at an American school academy, Alex Myers brings to life a thought-provoking and deeply relevant story.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Severn House\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/02\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781448320035\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224","brand":"Alex Myers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52418970484917,"sku":"9781448320035","price":25.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_a280ec0a-ecfe-4f7e-9a66-f4048f1a60eb.jpg?v=1775570858","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/while-we-were-silent-9781448320035","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}