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Are you Sara? : a novel / S.C. Lalli.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2022]Edition: First U.S. editionDescription: 370 pages ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780063226272
  • 0063226278
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Summary: "Two women named Sara each get into a rideshare but only one makes it home alive. Was it the right Sara? Law student Saraswati "Sara" Bhaduri holds down two jobs and a scholarship in order to make her way through school, but it's still a struggle. She's had to do things to pay the bills that most people wouldn't expect from "a nice Indian girl." At the end of Sara's shift at the local campus bar, her boss tells her to deal with a drunk girl in the bathroom. Sara helps the girl outside and the two share a brief conversation, where they learn they have the same name, and form a brief kinship despite their different circumstances. Sara and Sarah Ellis both order rideshares home. Exhausted from the late shift, Sara falls asleep in the car and wakes up on the wrong side of town--the wealthy side. She realizes she and Sarah had mistakenly taken each other's rides. Broke, she's forced to walk home, only to discover on arrival that the other Sarah has been killed on her doorstep. Was it supposed to be Sarah Ellis or Sara Bhaduri who died? And why would anyone want them dead? In this smart, twisty novel about ambition, wealth and dangerous longing, the layers are peeled back on two young women desperate to break out of the expectations placed on them, with devastating results."-- Provided by publisher.
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Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Notes Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult Book Adult Book Main Library Mystery LALLI, SONYA Checked out First 14 pages have water damage 06/18/2024 33111010903199
Total holds: 0

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INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER

Called One of the Best Books of the Year by NPR

"Dynamic women with complicated lives take center stage in this twisty mystery about a rideshare mix-up which results in murder. Lalli is a fresh voice in the thriller genre and a writer to watch!" --Wendy Walker, internationally bestselling author of Don't Look For Me

Two women named Sara each get into a rideshare. . . but only one makes it home alive. Which Sara was the real target

Law student Saraswati "Sara" Bhaduri holds down two jobs in order to make her way through school, but it's still a struggle. She's had to do things to pay the bills that most people wouldn't expect from "a nice Indian girl." It seems like an ordinary busy Tuesday night at the local dive bar until her boss demands Sara deal with a drunk girl in the bathroom.

The two become fast friends. Why Because they both have the same name. And despite their different circumstances, the two connect. When they both order rideshares home, they tumble in the back of the cars and head out into the night.

But when Sara awakes in her rideshare, she finds she's on the wrong side of town--the rich side--and she realizes: she and Sarah took the wrong cars home.

With no money, Sara walks back to her apartment on the shady side of town only to discover police lights flashing and a body crumpled on her doorstep: Sarah.

Was Sarah Ellis or Sara Bhaduri the target And why would anyone want either of them dead

In this smart, twisty novel about ambition, wealth, and dangerous longing, the layers are peeled back on two young women desperate to break out of the expectations placed on them, with devastating results.

"Two women named Sara each get into a rideshare but only one makes it home alive. Was it the right Sara? Law student Saraswati "Sara" Bhaduri holds down two jobs and a scholarship in order to make her way through school, but it's still a struggle. She's had to do things to pay the bills that most people wouldn't expect from "a nice Indian girl." At the end of Sara's shift at the local campus bar, her boss tells her to deal with a drunk girl in the bathroom. Sara helps the girl outside and the two share a brief conversation, where they learn they have the same name, and form a brief kinship despite their different circumstances. Sara and Sarah Ellis both order rideshares home. Exhausted from the late shift, Sara falls asleep in the car and wakes up on the wrong side of town--the wealthy side. She realizes she and Sarah had mistakenly taken each other's rides. Broke, she's forced to walk home, only to discover on arrival that the other Sarah has been killed on her doorstep. Was it supposed to be Sarah Ellis or Sara Bhaduri who died? And why would anyone want them dead? In this smart, twisty novel about ambition, wealth and dangerous longing, the layers are peeled back on two young women desperate to break out of the expectations placed on them, with devastating results."-- Provided by publisher.

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