02316cam a2200397 i 4500 1471007917 TxAuBib 20240731120000.0 231103s2024||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2023930726 9781638930785 hardcover 1638930783 hardcover (OCoLC)1412067661 TxAuBib rda Grabowski, Alina, author. Women and children first : a novel / Alina Grabowski. Women and children first : a novel. First edition. New York : SJP Lit, a Zando imprint, 2024. 323 pages ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "Nashquitten, MA, is a decaying coastal enclave that not even tourist season can revive, full of locals who have run the town's blue-collar industries for generations. So, when a young woman dies at a house party, the circumstances around her death suspiciously unclear, the tight-knit community of Nashquitten is shaken. As a mother grieves her daughter, a teacher her student, a best friend her confidante, the events around this tragedy become a lightning rod: blame is cast, secrets are buried deeper. Some are left to pick up the pieces, while others turn their backs, and all the while, a truth about that dreadful night begins to emerge. Told through the eyes of ten local women, Grabowski's Women and Children First is an exquisite portrait of grief and a powerful reminder of life's interconnectedness. Touching on womanhood, class, and sexuality, ambition, disappointment, and tragedy, this novel is a stunning rendering of love and loss, and a bracing lesson from a phenomenal new literary talent that no one walks this earth alone"-- Provided by publisher. 20240731. Grief Fiction. Death Fiction. Murder Investigation Fiction. City and town life Fiction. Women Fiction. mystery fiction. Massachusetts Fiction. Novels. fast Psychological fiction. Detective and mystery fiction. fast