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Sep 16, 2013
"Though classes have started at the posh, all-girl Siddons School on Manhattan's Upper East Side, red-headed senior Astra Dell is in the hospital, fighting a rare form of cancer. Though much-loved by teachers and students alike, Astra's friends have mostly disappeared; her absence at school, however, is still just as powerful as her presence had been. Anorexic, lonely Car writes her letters, while out-of-place, unpopular Marlene spends hours taking notes for Astra; others speak in hushed tones of her perfection. More a character study of a school's community than a plot-based novel, All Souls is quiet, reflective, and sparely written." September 2013 Fiction A to Z newsletter http://www.nextreads.com/Display2.aspx?SID=5acc8fc1-4e91-4ebe-906d-f8fc5e82a8e0&N=678205