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ISBN: 9780063012219

Content: " Named a Most Anticipated Book by Entertainment Weekly * CNN * Harper's BAZAAR * E! Online * Refinery 29 * Bustle * Shondaland * Vulture * The Millions * Lit Hub * Electric Literature * Parade * MSN * and more!For when you want a coming-of-age novel with a dark twist. In this provocative novel, the past isn't always as far away as you think. The SkimmWith the emotional power of Normal People and the reflective haze of The Girls, a magnetic novel that moves between present-day Los Angeles and a British boarding school in the 1990s, exploring the destructive relationships between teenage girls.Can we ever really escape our past? The girls of St John the Divine, an elite English boarding school, were notorious for flipping their hair, harassing teachers, chasing boys, and chain-smoking cigarettes. They were fiercely loyal, sharp-tongued, and cuttingly humorous in the way that only teenage girls can be. For Josephine, now in her thirties, the years at St John were a lifetime ago. She hasn't spoken to another Divine in fifteen years, not since the day the school shuttered its doors in disgrace. Yet now Josephine inexplicably finds herself returning to her old stomping grounds. The visit provokes blurry recollections of those doomed final weeks that rocked the community. Ruminating on the past, Josephine becomes obsessed with her teenage identity and the forgotten girls of her one-time orbit. With each memory that resurfaces, she circles closer to the violent secret at the heart of the school's scandal. But the more Josephine recalls, the further her life unravels, derailing not just her marriage and career, but her entire sense of self. Suspenseful, provocative, and compulsively readable, The Divines is a scorching examination of the power of adolescent sexuality, female identity, and the destructive class divide. Exposing the tension between the lives we lead as adults and the experiences that form us, Eaton probes us to consider how our memories as adults compel us to reexamine our pasts. "

Content: Biographisches: " Born and raised in England, Ellie Eaton lives in Los Angeles with her family. Former writer-in-residence at a men's prison in the United Kingdom, she holds an M.A. in creative writing from Royal Holloway, University of London. The Divines is her first novel. " Rezension(2): "Caroline Zancan, author of We Wish You Luck:For when you want a coming-of-age novel with a dark twist. In this provocative novel, the past isn't always as far away as you think." Rezension(3): "Alexandra Chang, author of Days of Distraction:Shifting in time, this crisply written novel explores the universal human yearning to belong—" Rezension(4): "Shelf Awareness:[G]ripping...Jumping between modern-day Los Angeles and 1990s Britain, The Divines examines destructive bonds and lingering traumas." Rezension(5): "Alma, " Rezension(6): "Courtney Maum, author of Touch and Costalegre:All in all, The Divines is a well-told story that hurtles towards a strangely satisfying conclusion." Rezension(7): "Publishers Weekly:A new mother tries to reconcile her former 'mean girl' past at a shuttered boarding school in this riveting and darkly comic addition to the campus novel canon. The Divines is as provocative and daring as teenagerhood, itself." Rezension(8): "Kimberly King Parsons, author of Black Light:'Girls are vicious', a character in The Divines says towards the end, and Ellie Eaton has given us every ounce of that viciousness, meticulously portioned and weighed, the pain of it held up to the light. Seductive and uncomfortable in equal measure, the real raw strange runs through this book, that indigestible part of the human experience we all choke on from time to time. " Rezension(9): "Vulture, New York Magazine:The Divines is an excellently written book that will suck you into its storyline. I loved each and every one of the characters and the author did an exemplary job of developing each one. A must-read for fans of the movies Heathers and Mean Girls." Rezension(10): "Micah Nemerever, author of These Violent Delights:An exploration of the destructive relationships between teenage girls at an entirely toxic and secluded boarding school. What more could you want?" Rezension(11): "San Francisco Book Review:A potent novel about what it means to remember and how responsible we are for the actions of our youth. Seething with teenage sexuality, friendship and that peculiarly British obsession, class, this is an absorbing read." Rezension(12): "Rufi Thorpe, author of The Knockout Queen and The Girls from Corona Del Mar:Twisty and twisted, The Divines is exquisitely paced—" Rezension(13): "Araminta Hall, author of Imperfect Women " Rezension(14): "Literary Hub:The Divines is an absorbing, sharp exploration of the ways our adolescent secrets, relationships, and cruelties shape and haunt us into adulthood. Ellie Eaton's writing is thrilling and intoxicating, whether about the inexplicable power teenage girls have over one another or the challenges of defining a self outside of long-held traditions. A compulsively readable book,I couldn't put it down." Rezension(15): "Refinery 29:From the very first page, The..." Rezension(16): "〈a href=http://www.publishersweekly.com target=blank〉〈img src=https://images.contentreserve.com/pw_logo.png alt=Publisher's Weekly border=0 /〉〈/a〉: October 12, 2020 Eaton’s intelligent debut follows freelance writer Josephine as she reflects on her past as a bully at a now-defunct all-girls English boarding school. In flashbacks to the mid-1990s, it’s revealed that Josephine’s lower-class roommate, Gerry Lake, suffered a fall from their dorm window that threatened her figure-skating career and led to a scandal that forced the school to close. Before the fall, Gerry had long been bullied by a group of classmates led by Josephine’s frosty best friend, Skipper. Insecure and lonely, Josephine befriends Lauren McKibbin (whose older brother, Stuart, handles maintenance for the school), despite a prohibition on socializing with “townies.” As the girls grow closer, Josephine develops a crush on Stuart and tries to retain the good graces of her old crew by joining in on their bullying of Gerry, even after Gerry helps her deal with an upsetting incident involving Stuart. The book winds down on a satisfying note as a school reunion and Josephine’s travel for an assignment lead her to catch up with key characters and confront some unflattering things about herself. Eaton does a good job describing class tension and the misery of trying to fit into a social clique as a teenager. Josephine’s steady unraveling of her teenage dramas will keep readers riveted." Rezension(17): "〈a href=https://www.booklistonline.com target=blank〉〈img src=https://images.contentreserve.com/booklist_logo.png alt=Booklist border=0 /〉〈/a〉: November 1, 2020 Sephine is on her honeymoon with her new husband when they stop in the small British town where she attended boarding school. The students at the all-girls St. John the Divine called themselves Divines. They went by boys' names, looked down their noses at the townies, and engaged in ruthless pranks, until the school was absorbed by a larger one thirty miles away. In town, a woman throws an awful insult at Sephine, causing her to contemplate the Divines' final days. The narrative splits into two,one stays in the present, while the other explores Sephine's memories. To this day, she is affected by the accidental death of her roommate, Gerry, a driven figure skater who was teased and bullied by the other Divines. As she remembers, Sephine must confront how this time at school shaped her life and how culpable she was in creating the trauma of others. At times both sharp and haunting, this novel embodies the awkwardness and regret of adolescence, complicated by Sephine's superior identity as a Divine. A layered and complex debut. COPYRIGHT(2020) Booklist, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. "

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