A âtense, taut, and thrillingâ (Marie Claire) novel about a teenage girl, a predatory teacher, and a schoolâs complicity from the highly acclaimed, bestselling National Book Award finalist and author of A Short History of Womenââriveting, terrifying, exactly the book for our timesâ (Ann Patchett).
They were on a lark, three teenaged girls speeding across the greens at night on a âborrowedâ golf cart, drunk. The cart crashes and one of the girls lands violently in the rough, killed instantly. The driver, Jo, flees the hometown that has turned against her and enrolls at a prestigious boarding school. Her past weighs on her. She is responsible for the death of her best friend. She has tipped her parentsâ rocky marriage into demise. She is ready to begin again, far away from the accident.
âDevastatingly relevantâ (Vogue) and âfueled by gorgeous writingâ (NPR), His Favorites reveals the interior life of a young woman determined to navigate the treachery in a new world. Told from her perspective many years later, the story coolly describes a series of shattering events and a school that failed to protect her. âBefore things turn treacherous, thereâs a moment when predation can feel dangerously like kindnessâŠWalbert understands thisâŠHis Favorites begs to be readâ (Time).