Trust Exercise

WINNER OF THE 2019 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION

NATIONAL BESTSELLER

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In an American suburb in the early 1980s, students at a highly competitive performing arts high school struggle and thrive in a rarified bubble, ambitiously pursuing music, movement, Shakespeare, and, particularly, their acting classes. When within this striving Brotherhood of the Arts, two freshmen, David and Sarah, fall headlong into love, their passion does not go unnoticedor untoyed withb