Pinned

by Rebecca Chianese 

When a video of Olivia surfaces on social media, she and her friends realize something sinister has been taking place beneath the glossy veneer of their affluent town.

As Olivia and her friends seek to uncover the truth, parents and school officials try to protect the reputation of their school, causing them to slide deeper into denial and cover up.

Emboldened by the failure of the justice system, the girls seek their own kind of revenge, causing adult friendships to implode, families to shatter, and a community to face its reckoning.

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What People Are Saying:

“In Pinned, Rebecca Chianese expertly captures the angst, the joys, and the terrors of being a teenager in the modern world. This shimmering novel feels so real you want to search the web to see if it actually happened.”

~ best-selling author, Jessica Anya Blau

"Pinned is simultaneously haunting and prophetic, and dear to me for its honest, riveting depictions of troubled parents and their children. Set in the wealthy suburbs of New York City, Chianese exposes what Americans get up to when they have too much time, money, and all the wrong priorities. At the tender heart of this novel is a community torn apart by sexual violence, secret keeping, and unexamined trauma. Chianese has written a perfect book for our current political crisis. You don’t want to miss it."

~Carley Moore, author of Panpocalypse and The Not Wives

"Pinned is a novel filled with portraits of powerful family dynamics and issues of corruption and the wellsprings of victimization. It surveys the conundrums faced by Emmett Ainsworth and other characters who find their personal values and objectives clashing with forces outside of their control.

Readers will find Pinned’s focus on how predators are born and evolve frighteningly realistic. This is the mark of a well-done plot which pulls readers into the real world of threats, predators, and survival tactics.

These very elements are a huge draw, not just because they emerge within well-crafted, believable characters and situations, but because they provoke much food for thought as the story forges unexpected new territory.

Rebecca Chianese is adept at juxtaposing the perceptions, concerns, and motivations of a disparate group of characters. She creates important opportunities not just for individual reflection, but for adult and teen discussion groups."

~D. Donovan, Sr. Reviewer, Midwest Book Review