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Sara Black is tiptoeing across a fraying tightrope. As the new eleventh grader at Anton High-the most elite public school in the country-she sticks out like an old VW bus in a parking lot full of shiny BMWs. But being the new kid also brings a certain advantageous anonymity.In Anton High's world of privilege, intelligence, and wealth, Sara can escape her family's tarnished past and become whomever she wants. And what's the harm in telling a few little black lies when it can lead to popularity? That is, until another it girl at Anton becomes jealous of Sara's social climbing. With her balance evaporating, one small push could bring Sara crashing down.
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Anais Nin quote from Oprah's website inspired Tish Cohen to write her first adult novel. Tish Cohen is the author of , a 2008 finalist for the Commonwealth Writers' Prize - Best First Book Award (Canada and Caribbean region) , and in development as a feature film with Fox 2000. Ridley Scott's Scott Free is producing and John Carney, the award-winning, critically acclaimed director of ONCE is directing. TOWN HOUSE was released to massive media interest in Canada and has been published in Italy and will soon be released in Germany. Cohen has also written the middle-grade novels , and its sequel Cohen has contributed articles to some of Canada's largest newspapers, including The Globe and Mail and The National Post. Having grown up in Los Angeles, Orange County and Montreal, Cohen now calls Toronto home. is Cohen's second novel for adults.
