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Endorsements
"When almost-good-girl Catherine Morrow, just 16, crosses paths at boarding school with the blithe, brilliant daughter of a senator, their friendship seems destined to soar, and it does -- but too close to the sun. Nina de Gramont has written a stunning story of youth at its zenith and the tragic allure of a reckless zest for life that masks something far darker. I inhaled this novel in one breath."--Jacquelyn Mitchard, author The Deep End of the Ocean
"Gossip of the Starlings grabs hold of you and does not let go for a minute. The yearnings and conflicts of love and friendship are examined against a backdrop of privilege and the drug culture of the 1980s. I am not exaggerating when I say that I stayed up all night reading this book. Nina de Gramont shows us the conflicts that come with loyalty, the ease with which we choose right from wrong, and the moral consequences of both. Unflinching, wise, terrifying, and beautiful, this is a book that will resonate long after it ends."—Ann Hood, author of The Knitting Circle
"The narrator is achingly sensitive and unique, but the story strikes universal themes: our false sense of immortality at the very moment we act most recklessly, our nostalgia for our own youthful intensity of perception and emotion. It's also about the attractive and deceptive nature of danger itself, and how sometimes the people we encounter in our lives who are at greatest risk are also those who make us feel most alive."
—Wendy Brenner, author of Phone Calls from the Dead
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