The Only Good Thing Anyone Has Ever Done

When Chrysalis Moffat and her brother, Eddie, inherit a mansion on the coast of California, Eddie hatches a plan to fleece credulous Californians of their cash by starting the fraudulent Tibetan School of Miracles.

But something else is happening. Through Chrysalis's reunion with her brother, she begins to discover her adoptive father's secret past, causing her own identity to unravel. As Chrysalis lays down the facts of her life, she gambles her identity against the contradictions, half-truths, and fables of her past, leading her ultimately to question what it is we can truly know and whether it is fate or chance that dictates our lives.

Author: Sandra Newman
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Published: 06/15/2004
Pages: 389
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.69lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.68w x 0.98d
ISBN: 9780060514990

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.8
Point Value: 12
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 78295 / Only Good Thing Anyone Has Ever Done

About the Author
Newman, Sandra: -

Sandra Newman is the author of The Only Good Thing Anyone Has Ever Done, which was short-listed for the Guardian First Book Award. She is also the author of the novel Cake; the memoir, Changeling; How Not to Write a Novel, an irreverent how-to guide with Howard Mittelmark; and The Western Lit Survival Kit. She lives in New York.