DEVIL AND WEBSTER

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Naomi Roth is the first female president of Webster College, a school known for producing fired-up, progressive graduates. So Naomi isn't surprised when Webster students begin the fall semester with an outdoor encampment to protest a popular professor's denial of tenure. Naomi admires the protestors' passion, especially when her own daughter, Hannah, joins their ranks. Then Omar Khayal, a charismatic Palestinian student, emerges as the group's leader, and the demonstration begins to consume Naomi's life, destabilizing Webster College from the inside out. As the crisis slips beyond her control, Naomi must take desperate measures to protect her friends, colleagues, and family from an unknowable adversary. This riveting novel examines the fragility that lies behind who we think we are-and what we think we believe. Show more