While We Were Silent - by Alex Myers (Hardcover)

Book Synopsis

Devastating secrets shroud the campus of Green Dell Academy, secrets that some think are worth killing for . . . From Lambda Literary Award finalist Alex Myers comes a provocative dark academia novel.

There are rules and then there's reality . . .

Autumn, 2015. Green Dell Academy is a prestigious co-ed prep school tucked away in a quiet corner of Connecticut. And although it has its first female head of school, it's still very much a boys' club--a club with longstanding "traditions" that involve gross misconduct--and now murder.

A woman has been killed, right on campus, a woman who has been deeply involved in fighting sexual violence, a woman who had no shortage of enemies.

The murder case, coupled with an investigation into allegations of sexual assault, threatens to bring dark, deep-rooted secrets to the surface, the kind of secrets that go back decades--and some people seem to value the old ways more than human life . . .

For fans of Rebecca Makkai's I Have Some Questions For You and Ashley Winstead's In My Dreams I Hold a Knife. Written by the current teacher at an American school academy, Alex Myers brings to life a thought-provoking and deeply relevant story.

Review Quotes

[An] evocative debut novel-- "The San Francisco Chronicle on Revolutionary"

[An] original and affecting novel-- "Publishers Weekly on Revolutionary"

[A] gripping tale-- "The Lambda Literary Review on Revolutionary"

[Myers'] prose is utterly enchanting-- "Publishers Weekly on The Story of Silence"

A moving meditation on fear, masculinity, and the power of coming out-- "Kirkus Reviews on Continental Divide"

Honest, enlightening, natural, and moving-- "Foreword Review on Continental Divide"

Myers offers a deft criticism of contemporary masculinity's seeming inflexibility-- "American Book Review on Continental Divide"

Page-turning-- "The Boston Globe on Revolutionary"

Remarkable-- "The New York Times on Revolutionary"

Thought-provoking-- "Booklist on Revolutionary"