![]() Ten years later, the puzzle remains unsolved, and Abby has never been able to let go of her suspicion that Optimal Plastics played some role in Kaycee’s disappearance.Ī local farmer opens a new complaint against Optimal, and that’s the clue Abby needs to return home with the power of her law agency to root out the corruption. What happened to Kaycee? Why did she disappear? There were rumors that Kaycee and a few other girls were faking their symptoms: “And it was like the whole town got sick, too, like Barrens spiraled down into the darkness with them. ![]() This mystery becomes a major line of suspense in the novel: Why was Kaycee vomiting blood in the school bathroom and then denying that anything might be wrong? In school, Kaycee contracted a mysterious illness and ended up disappearing. ![]() Those memories are dominated by the most popular girl from high school, Kaycee Mitchell, who was once Abby’s best friend. Abby, a contemporary Erin Brockovich, tries hard to move beyond her memories of growing up and being bullied by the popular kids. Abby is focused on one company: Optimal Plastics, the savior that brought back jobs to her dying hometown.īut Optimal also polluted the local waters and covered up its corruption. ![]() Ten years after Abby Williams left her Indiana home and a past defined by her mother’s death, she’s an attorney hired by the Center for Environmental Advocacy Work. ![]()
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