A review by sebrittainclark
The Elissas: Three Girls, One Fate, and the Deadly Secrets of Suburbia by Samantha Leach

dark sad medium-paced

3.5

Elissa, Alyssa, and Alissa all found their way into the Troubled Teen industry, and all three died less than ten years after graduating from their program. Leach uses first person accounts from friends and family to create a memoir of these young woman's lives, their time in the troubled teen industry, and how that industry left them with trauma and no ability to cope with the freedom adulthood provided. It was an interesting story that I couldn't put down.

Thanks to netgalley and the author for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Alcoholism, Eating disorder, Addiction, Drug use, Self harm, Grief, and Alcohol

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Sexual assault

Minor: Cancer