The Finishing School (Audiobook)

from vanderschloot

This is a tough one to review. I'll read anything boarding school-related, and I was especially intrigued by the Swiss boarding school setting, since that is somewhat more rare in fiction than the British or American boarding school. Goodman did a pretty good job describing some of the aspects of...

from EvaW

Suspenseful story of life and abuse in a girl's boarding school.

from jenn88

The Lycée is celebrating its 100th anniversary and not only has Kersti Kuusk been invited back to the elite boarding school in Switzerland where she spent four years of her life, she has been selected as one of their "One Hundred Women of the Lycée." But for Kersti this opens up an old wound. Alm...

from nyiper

I was thinking I could guess what was going to happen but although I was somewhat close the ending was still a surprise. Goodman does the same thing in her newer novel---going back and forth in time. This was a somewhat complicated story and Goodman pulls so many characters into the story that sh...

from nwieme

I liked everything about this! I was sure the ending was not heading in a good direction... nice work, Joanna Goodman!!