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The Ruining by Anna Collomore (2013, Hardcover)
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Annie Phillips is thrilled to leave her past behind and begin a shiny new life on Belvedere Island, as a nanny for the picture-perfect Cohen family. In no time at all, she falls in love with the Cohens, especially with Libby, the beautiful young matriarch of the family. Life is better than she ever imagined. She even finds romance with the boy next door. All too soon cracks appear in Annie's seemingly perfect world. She's blamed for mistakes she doesn't remember making. Her bedroom door comes unhinged, and she feels like she's always being watched. Libby, who once felt like a big sister, is suddenly cold and unforgiving. As she struggles to keep up with the demands of her new life, Annie's fear gives way to frightening hallucinations. Is she tumbling into madness, or is something sinister at play? The Ruining is a complex ride through first love, chilling manipulation, and the terrifying depths of insanity. ' The Ruining is a sexy thriller as twisty as the northern California coastline. Manicures beware.' Jessica Rothenberg author of The Catastrophic History of You and Me 'An immersive psychological thriller, Anna Collomore has perfectly captured the fears we all have of being new - that we will say the wrong thing, make a wrong move, and never fit in - and crafted an unshakeable living nightmare.' Lucas Klauss author of Everything You Need to Survive the ApocalypseProduct Identifiers
PublisherPenguin Young Readers Group
ISBN-101595144706
ISBN-139781595144706
eBay Product ID (ePID)117168751
Product Key Features
Publication Year2013
TopicSocial Themes / Depression, Family / General (See Also Headings under Social Themes), Social Themes / Depression & Mental Illness, General, Social Themes / Emotions & Feelings, People & Places / United States / General
Book TitleRuining
LanguageEnglish
GenreYoung Adult Fiction, Juvenile Fiction
AuthorAnna Collomore
Intended AudienceYoung Adult Audience, Young Adults
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.1in.
Item Length8.5in.
Item Weight15.9 Oz
Item Width5.8in.
Additional Product Features
LCCN2012-032007
Dewey Edition23
Reviews"A compelling psychological thriller presents a vulnerable girl on the brink of madness. Collomore builds the suspense from Annie's viewpoint until readers will be flipping through the pages. . . . Gripping stuff."- Kirkus , starred review "Collomore's novel builds at a pitch-perfect pace, and readers will feel appropriately uncomfortable as it all unfolds. Gripping, unputdownable stuff."- Booklist, A compelling psychological thriller presents a vulnerable girl on the brink of madness. This intriguing take on the classic story "The Yellow Wallpaper," finds Annie, a refugee from poverty in Detroit, moving to a mansion in San Francisco to become the nanny for a wealthy couple's 3-year-old girl, Zoe. The couple pays Annie's tuition at San Francisco State University and promises her a measure of freedom to study and have a social life. Almost immediately, however, Libby, Zoe's beautiful mom, takes over Annie's life, giving her clothing, choosing her university classes and deluging her with advice. Annie idolizes Libby, but she finds her increasingly hard to please. Libby finds fault with minor things, becoming especially unhappy when Annie begins a romance with Owen, the handsome, smart and super-nice guy next door. She demands most of her time, takes the door off Annie's room and begins to install hideous yellow wallpaper there. As time passes, Libby becomes ever more hostile, accusing Annie of things the girl has no memory of doing and causing Annie enormous anxiety. Collomore supplies enough clues for astute readers to guess what's going on, but she builds the suspense from Annie's viewpoint until readers will be flipping through the pages till they run up against the too-neat resolution. Up until then, however, this story unwinds as a corker of a read with an unreliable, or perhaps not, narrator. Gripping stuff. -- Kirkus (Starred review) This creepy psychological thriller starts innocently enough: Annie Phillips is ready to leave behind Detroit--and a painful secret--for a postcard-perfect life in San Francisco as a nanny for the wealthy Cohen family. At first Libby, the beautiful, young mother, sees Annie as a mentee of sorts, offering her fabulous clothes and use of her luxury car. But Libby moves quickly from "concerned and caring to cold and disapproving," and Annie is at her psychotic mercy. Soon Annie is being blamed for things she didn't do, failing out of San Francisco State, and breaking up with cute next-door neighbor Owen at Libby's urging. Annie is a vulnerable, mentally fragile being, and as such, Libby is able to mess with her mind. Eventually Annie starts to lose her grip on reality while still craving Libby's approval. Collomore's novel builds at a pitch-perfect pace, and readers will feel appropriately uncomfortable as it all unfolds. While the final events of the book strain credulity somewhat, and many threads wrap up predictably (although one seems open to interpretation), this is pretty gripping, unputdownable stuff. - Ann Kelley , Booklist, A compelling psychological thriller presents a vulnerable girl on the brink of madness. Collomore builds the suspense from Annie's viewpoint until readers will be flipping through the pages... Gripping stuff. --Kirkus (starred review) Collomore's novel builds at a pitch-perfect pace, and readers will feel appropriately uncomfortable as it all unfolds. Gripping, unputdownable stuff. -- Booklist
Grade fromSeventh Grade
Age Range12
Dewey Decimal[Fic]
Lc Classification NumberPz7.C69775ru 2013
Number of Pages336 Pages
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