We follow Amelia’s story as she goes about her everyday life. From Kate’s point of view, we have a mom grappling with the reality of her daughter’s death, and with Amelia we know that ultimately she will die. It’s gut-wrenching from both perspectives. This story fluctuates from Kate’s point of view and Amelia’s.

I got invested in this story because I wanted to know what happened, but also because the reality of the situation tugged at my heart. I enjoy suspense books, which this is but it’s so much more. Did her intelligent and beautiful daughter really jump? Kate is determined to find out the truth. At first Kate accepts this explanation, but later on, something makes Kate question everything. Soon Kate learns from Grace Hall and the police, that Amelia jumped. When she finally manages to escape her office and arrive at the school, her world comes crashing down: Amelia has fallen from the roof and is dead. Kate does not believe this can be true of her extremely gifted and trustworthy daughter. Kate is in an important meeting when she gets a call from Amelia’s school, Grace Hall, and is told she must come right away because her daughter has been caught cheating on a paper. They live in the idyllic neighborhood of Park Slope, Brooklyn. Kate is a single mom to teenage daughter, Amelia.

It starts off with Kate, who’s working a high pressure job as a lawyer for a Manhattan firm. Don’t worry, I won’t write anymore than what you would already read in the book summary. Now let’s get to the most important reason I’m writing today and that is to tell you about this book, Reconstructing Amelia. If you haven’t read about the first time I did this, check out my Breakfast at Tiffany’s tour here. I’ve done it again! A tour of the city inspired by a book I’ve read.

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