The Nine (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781631526527)

Hannah Webber fears she will never be a mother, but her prayers are finally answered when she gives birth to a son. In an era of high-stakes parenting, nurturing Sam's intellect becomes Hannah's life purpose. She invests body and soul into his development, much to the detriment of her marriage. She convinces herself, however, that Sam's acceptance at age fourteen to the most prestigious of New England boarding schools overseen by an illustrious headmaster, justifies her choices. When he arrives at Dunning, Sam is glad to be out from under his mother's close watch. And he enjoys his newfound freedom--until, late one night, he stumbles upon evidence of sexual misconduct at the school and is unable to shake the discovery. Both a coming-of-age novel and a portrait of an evolving mother-son relationship, The Nine is the story of a young man who chooses to expose a corrupt world operating under its own set of rules--even if it means jeopardizing his mother's hopes and dreams.

Author: Jeanne McWilliams Blasberg
ISBN-10: 1631526529
ISBN-13: 9781631526527
Publisher: She Writes Press
Language: English
Published: 08/20/2019
Pages: 328
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.50w x 1.00d

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 06/15/2019 pg. 154
Booklist 08/01/2019 pg. 23