Girl A
Lex Gracie was known to the public as Girl A, the child who escaped the so-called House of Horrors and brought help for her trapped brothers and sisters. Years later she is a successful lawyer living in New York, until her mother dies in prison and leaves the family home to Lex and her siblings. Forced to decide what to do with the house where they were held captive, Lex revisits the past she has tried to bury and reconnects with siblings who each survived in their own way. Abigail Dean's debut moves between past and present to build a tense, psychologically rich story about trauma, memory, and what it takes to move on.
What you might want to know about Girl A
The questions readers send us most often, answered without spoilers.
The girl who escaped a house of horrors and freed her siblings must return as an adult to settle her late mother's estate and face the family she ran from.
No. Girl A is a work of fiction and Abigail Dean's debut novel, though it deals with the kind of abuse and captivity that have made headlines in real life.
Yes. Malala chose Girl A as a selection for her Fearless book club with Literati.
Girl A was written by Abigail Dean, published in 2021 by Viking.
Girl A is 352 pages in standard print editions, though page counts vary slightly between hardcover, paperback, and large-print formats.
At an average reading pace of about 250 words per minute, Girl A takes most readers 5 to 8 hours to finish.
Girl A is available in hardcover, paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats from Amazon, Bookshop.org, ThriftBooks, and most major bookstores.
