{"product_id":"the-elissas-samantha-leach-9780306826917","title":"The Elissas: Three Girls, One Fate, and the Deadly Secrets of Suburbia","description":"\u003cb\u003eAmazon's Best Nonfiction Book of the Month for June 2023 \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNylon's\u003c\/i\u003e \"June 2023's Must-Read Book Releases\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePure Wow's\u003c\/i\u003e \"11 Books We Can't Wait to Read in June\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Skimm's \u003c\/i\u003e\"17 of Our Favorite Books Coming Out This Summer\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGlamour's\u003c\/i\u003e \"15 Best Nonfiction Books of 2023, So Far\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBustle's\u003c\/i\u003e \"Most Anticipated Books Of Spring \u0026amp; Summer 2023\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHarper's Bazaar's \u003c\/i\u003e \"23 Best Summer Beach Reads of 2023\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eZibby Mag's\u003c\/i\u003e \"Most Anticipated Spring and Summer Books\" \u003cbr\u003e A \u003ci\u003eNew York Post\u003c\/i\u003e Best Books of the Week selection\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThree suburban girls meet at a boarding school for troubled teens.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEight years later, they were dead.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eBustle\u003c\/i\u003e editor Samantha Leach and her childhood best friend, Elissa, met as infants in the suburbs of Providence, Rhode Island, where they attended nursery, elementary school, and temple together. As seventh graders, they would steal drinks from bar mitzvahs and have boys over in Samantha's basement--innocent, early acts of rebellion. But after one of their shared acts, Samantha was given a disciplinary warning by their private school while Elissa was dismissed altogether, and later sent away. Samantha did not know then, but Elissa had just become one of the fifty-thousand-plus kids per year who enter the Troubled Teen Industry: a network of unregulated programs meant to reform wealthy, wayward youth. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Less than a year after graduation from Ponca Pines Academy, Elissa died at eighteen years old. In Samantha's grief, she fixated on Elissa's last years at the therapeutic boarding school, eager to understand why their paths diverged. As she spoke to mutual friends and scoured social media pages, Samantha learned of Alyssa and Alissa, Elissa's closest friends at the school who shared both her name and penchant for partying, where drugs and alcohol became their norm. The matching \u003ci\u003eSave Our Souls\u003c\/i\u003e tattoo all three girls also had further fueled Samantha's fixation, as she watched their lives play out online. Four years after Elissa's death, Alyssa died, then Alissa at twenty-six. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eThe Elissas, \u003c\/i\u003e Samantha endeavors to understand why they ultimately met a shared, tragic fate that she was spared, in turn, offering a chilling account of the secret lives of young suburban women.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Samantha Leach\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0306826917\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780306826917\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Legacy Lit\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/06\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.30w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal Prepub Alert\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2023 pg. 11\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/10\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/15\/2023 pg. 4\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2023 pg. 126","brand":"Samantha Leach","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44133723504895,"sku":"9780306826917","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8db6f6a9-eb68-4af3-a97e-c7d9074b9611.jpg?v=1687487846","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-elissas-samantha-leach-9780306826917","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}