Publicity

In Publicity, Therese Fowler has written her most gripping novel up to now—a ripped-from-the-headlines story of ardent younger love and a nightmarish authorized maelstrom that threatens to destroy two households. Amelia Wilkes’s strict father doesn’t permit her up to now, however that doesn’t cease the gifted, winsome highschool senior from carrying on a secret romance along with her classmate Anthony Winter. Desperately in love, the 2 envision a life collectively and plan to inform Amelia’s dad and mom solely after she turns eighteen and is legally an grownup. Anthony’s mom, Kim, who teaches at their faculty, is aware of—and retains—their secret. However the couple’s ardour is uncovered earlier than deliberate: Amelia’s father, Harlan, is shocked and infuriated to seek out bare footage of Anthony on his daughter’s pc. Simply hours later, Anthony is arrested. Regardless of Amelia’s frantic protests, Harlan makes use of his wealth and affect with native regulation