Paloma has to admit, it feels good helping someone find their way in America-that is until Arun discovers Paloma's darkest secret, one that could jeopardize her own fragile place in this country.īefore Paloma can pay Arun off, she finds him face down in a pool of blood. Now at thirty years old and recently cut off from her parents’ funds, she decides to sublet the second bedroom of her overpriced San Francisco apartment to Arun, who recently moved from India. Paloma thought her perfect life would begin once she was adopted and made it to America, but she’s about to find out that no matter how far you run, your past always catches up to you…Įver since she was adopted from a Sri Lankan orphanage, Paloma has had the best of everything-schools, money, and parents so perfect that she fears she'll never live up to them. “A thriller centered on the meaning of identity and all the layers it can have.”-NPR Sri Lankan author Amanda Jayatissa keeps us guessing and worrying until the very end.” - The New York Times “ My Sweet Girl pushes the boundaries of what a thriller can do. WINNER OF THE ITW THRILLER AWARD FOR BEST FIRST NOVEL
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