When We Were Bright and Beautiful, Jillian Medoff

"When We Were Bright and Beautiful blew me away. Jillian Medoff''s gripping exploration of wealth, consent, and complicity tells the story of a loving family''s unraveling with the propulsive pace of the best thrillers. A masterful achievement."--Aimee Molloy, New York Times bestselling author of The Perfect Mother and Goodnight Beautiful The acclaimed, bestselling author of This Could Hurt returns with her biggest, boldest novel yet--an electrifying, twisty, and deeply emotional family drama, set on Manhattan''s glittering Upper East Side, that explores the dark side of love, the limits of loyalty, and the high cost of truth.

You can have everything, and still not have enough. Cassie Quinn may only be twenty-three, but she knows a few things. One: money can''t buy happiness, but it''s certainly better to have it.

Two: family matters most. Three: her younger brother Billy is not a rapist. When Billy, a junior at Princeton, is arrested for assaulting his ex-girlfriend, Cassie races home to Manhattan to join fo