I Know the Ants: A Novel

"Leav captures adolescent girlhood and friendship with incredible specificity . . . . The novel’s dreamlike yet unsettling quality reminds readers how easily the pain of young girls is sensationalized, misunderstood, or exploited through media attention and public fascination with tragedy. This beautiful coming-of-age story wrapped inside a literary mystery is melancholic and deeply reflective as it explores how the past shapes us." — Booklist, starred review

A young woman’s life spirals out...