The Nine

Hannah Webber fears she will never be a mother, but her prayers are finally answered when she gives birth to a son. In an era of high-stakes parenting, nurturing Sams intellect becomes Hannahs life purpose. She invests body and soul into his development, much to the detriment of her marriage. She convinces herself, however, that Sams acceptance at age fourteen to the most prestigious of New England boarding schools overseen by an illustrious headmaster, justifies her choices. When he arrives at Dunning, Sam is glad to be out from under his mothers close watch. And he enjoys his newfound freedomuntil, late one night, he stumbles upon evidence of sexual misconduct at the school and is unable to shake the discovery. Both a coming-of-age novel and a portrait of an evolving mother-son relationship, The Nine is the story of a young man who chooses to expose a corrupt world operating under its own set of ruleseven if it means jeopardizing his mothers hopes and dreams.