i love how this book offered so many mysteries to unfold to the very end. Only 1 left in stock - order soon. EMBED. The Lake of Dead Languages begins with one of the most intriguing first sentences I've read. It is incredibly obvious who the person in the present messing with the protagonist is. The story, the plot, the intertwining of characters and their histories. Advanced embedding details, examples, and help! That and when Jane researches her school alumni. I was into it! After graduation from Vassar College, where she majored in Latin, she taught Latin for several years in Austin, Texas. The story, the plot, the intertwining of characters and their histories. Her novels have won the Hammett Prize and have been nominated for the Dublin/IMPAC Award and the Mary Higgins Clark Award. story of murder, suicide . Andrews books. We’d love your help. The main characters of this mystery, fiction story are Jane Hudson, . A Latin teacher tries to keep her students sane at an all-women's high school, while sorting out her own past. Only Jane was left to carry the burden of a mystery that has stayed hidden for more than two decades. The one thing that will really really make me love a book is if it leads me to think that I have figured out some hidden secret that it contains. Plus, how many times does the protagonist almost fall through the ice? And they are all utterly ruined by Goodman not giving her reader any credit whatsoever. A troubled magistra with a shady alumna past. Member Since. revenge, and madness.” –The Washington Post Book World This edition was published in 2002 by Ballantine Books in New York. Ghost lakes and tragic folklore. And now Jane’s the Latin teacher and strange things are happening to several of the girls in her class. Transitioning smoothly between past and present, The Lake of Dead Languages is a unique coming-of-age tale that explores a range of themes, including revenge, jealousy, and friendship. . Twenty years ago, Jane Hudson fled the Heart Lake School for Girls in the Adirondacks after a terrible tragedy. I really can't say if this predictability is due to Goodman's inadequacies or my teenage tendency to read V.C. Info/Buy. The week before her graduation, in that sheltered wonderland, three lives were taken, all victims of suicide. God. The narrator is a former student of all-girls' school Heart Lake who comes back to teach Latin as an adult. Read a sample Read a sample Description; Details; Reviews "A gothic and elegant page-turner. Things that Goodman seems to consider shocking were really pretty tame compared to what An. Does the lake in this book cover a former town that became submerged when a river was dammed? interesting concept, but it could have been 100 pages shorter. There's a plot twist! The Lake of Dead Languages Carol Goodman. A nice reveal at the end (although it was very predictable). I felt like I was reading the book f...o...r...e...v...e...r. At one point I actually stared at the page number, 287, and could not believe there were STILL 100 more pages to go. This is the first book I have read by this author, and I really enjoyed it. Several of the characters (in both the past and in the present) reach their hands up from the page and become spooky real. Twenty years ago, Jane Hudson fled the Heart Lake School for Girls in the Adirondacks after a terrible tragedy. Free download or read online The Lake of Dead Languages pdf (ePUB) book. Blackbird House Alice Hoffman. Too much detail and description when it was way beyond the need for such. in fiction from the New School University. I really can't say if this predictability is due to Goodman's inadequacies or my teenage tendency to read V.C. And it all ties into the school legend, about the deaths of founder’s daughters, and the three rocks in the lake named for the sisters, and how the lake draws in girls in threes….. The protagonist, Jane Hudson, has taken refuge from her failed marriage by returning to her former boarding school in upstate New York. Show running from 15th-20th August in the Edinburgh Fringe. From there, the author weaves a delicate and delicious story. Stolen Diaries. The Lake of Dead Languages received mixed reviews. About The Lake of Dead Languages. I felt like I was reading the book f...o...r...e...v...e...r. At one point I actually stared at the page number, 287, and could not believe there were STILL 100 more pages to go. Now, 20 years later, she is returning as the new Latin teacher, only to experience an eerie repeat of those past incidents. Not a book I would have chosen for myself to read, but I always like a challenge.I want to thank my Goodreads friend Jen for trying to broaden my horizons by giving me this book and sharing a book with me that she obviously enjoyed reading. EMBED (for wordpress.com hosted blogs and archive.org item tags) Want more? Her fiction has been translated into thirteen languages. The problem was the pacing. The Lake of Dead Languages Book descriptions Twenty years ago, Jane Hudson fled the Heart Lake School for Girls in the Adirondacks after a terrible tragedy. Carol Goodman is the author of The Lake of Dead Languages, The Seduction of Water, which won the Hammett Prize, and The Widow's House, which won the Mary Higgins Clark Award. Refresh and try again. To see what your friends thought of this book, Hmm. December 27th 2005 I felt this could have benefitted from some good editing. There were elements of this book that I wanted to give 5 stars. The Lake of Dead Languages. It was sad without being as BLEAK as I find some thrillers. The ‘action’ scene at the ending was a little overdone, but I guess it was plausible.... I’m not sure. As expected, it was then picked up by Netflix to air for […] Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. This novel was like an overstuffed sandwich with too. Black Chalk by Christopher Yates Paperback $14.49. The journal portions read exactly like the present day. A book that starts off really good, and ends up...just bad. The Lake of Dead Languages Book Summary and Study Guide. Info/Buy. The Boston Globe. In her time there as a student, both of her roommates committed suicide, and now someone seems to be recreating this past aggressively and accusatorily (I may have made this word up; if not, I spelled it wrong). Elegant prose interesting layers of metaphor and intertwined stories who left after the mysterious of. 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