A Secret History-esque tale...All the ingredients for the perfect summer read. -The
MillionsCaptivating thoughtful and tense a great read for those who enjoy psychological
thrillers and complex puzzles. Highly recommended. -New York Journal Review of BooksIt's time
to come Home. All five of you. Or else.Saskia was a damaged lonely teenager when she arrived
at the lakeside commune called Home. She was entranced by the tang of sourdough starter the
midnight call of the loons the triumph of foraging wild mushrooms from the forest floor. But
most of all she was taken with Abraham Home's charismatic leader the North Star to Saskia and
the four other teens who lived there her best and only friends.Two decades later Saskia is
shuttered in her Connecticut estate estranged from the others. Her carefully walled life is
torn open by threatening letters. Unless she and her former friends return to the land in rural
Maine the terrible thing they did as teenagers-their last-ditch attempt to save Home-will be
revealed.From vastly different lives the five return to confront their blackmailer and reckon
with the horror that split them apart. How far will they go to bury their secret forever?New
York Times bestselling author Miranda Beverly-Whittemore's Fierce Little Thing is a mesmerizing
story of friendship and its reckonings.
