Bibliograph

The girl on the train, Paula Hawkins

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The girl on the train, Paula Hawkins

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

The girl on the train

Oclc number

896791631

Responsibility statement

Paula Hawkins

Series statement

Thorndike Press Large Print Peer Picks

resource.studyProgramName

Accelerated Reader, UG, 5.1, 15, 15, 174146

Summary

Rachel takes the same commuter train every morning. Every day she rattles down the track, flashes past a stretch of cozy suburban homes, and stops at the signal that allows her to daily watch the same couple breakfasting on their deck. She's even started to feel like she knows them. "Jess and Jason," she calls them. Their life -- as she sees it -- is perfect. Not unlike the life she recently lost. And then she sees something shocking. It's only a minute until the train moves on, but it's enough. Now everything's changed. Unable to keep it to herself, Rachel offers what she knows to the police, and becomes inextricably entwined in what happens next, as well as in the lives of everyone involved. Has she done more harm than good?Obsessively watching a breakfasting couple every day to escape the pain of her losses, Rachel witnesses a shocking event that inextricably entangles her in the lives of strangers. The plot contains profanity, sexual references, and violence

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