The Lost Girls of Willowbrook

Instant New York Times Bestseller! Girl,Interrupted meets American Horror Story in 1970s Staten Islandas the New York Times bestselling author of The Orphan Collector blends factfictionand the urban legend of Cropsey for a haunting story about a young woman mistakenly imprisoned at Willowbrook State School ΓÇô the real state-run institution that Geraldo Rivera would later expose for its horrifying abuses. An Indie Next Pick | Peruse Book Club Pick | A Room of Your Own Book Club Pick | A Publishers Lunch Buzz Books Selection Sage Winters always knew her sister was a little different even though they were identical twins. They loved the same things and shared a deep understandingbut RosemaryΓÇöawake to every emotioneasily moved to joy or tearsΓÇöseemed to need more protection from the world. Six years after RosemaryΓÇÖs death from pneumoniaSagenow sixteenstill misses her deeply. Their mother perished in a car crashand SageΓÇÖs stepfatherAlanresents being burdened by a responsibility he never wanted. Yet despite living as near strangers in their Staten Island apartmentSage is stunned to discover that Alan has kept a shocking secret: Rosemary didnΓÇÖt die. She was committed to Willowbrook State School and has lingered there until just a few days agowhen she went missing. Sage knows little about Willowbrook. ItΓÇÖs always been a place shrouded by rumor and mystery. A place local parents threaten to send misbehaving kids. With no idea what to expectSage secretly sets out for Willowbrookdetermined to find Rosemary. What she learnsonce she steps through its doors and is mistakenly believed to be her sisterwill change her life in ways she never could imagined . . . ΓÇ£A heartbreaking yet insightful readthis novel will open one’s eyes to the evil in this world.ΓÇ¥ ΓÇöNew York Journal of Books ΓÇ£Unvarnishedpainful and startlingly clear.ΓÇ¥ ΓÇöBookreporter.com