The Elin Hilderbrand Literati Book Club Pick!Recommended byEntertainment Weekly CNN Harpers BAZAAR E! Online Refinery 29 Bustle Shondaland Vulture The Millions Lit Hub Electric Literature Parade MSN and more!For when you want a comingofage novel with a dark twist. In this provocative novel, the past isnt always as far away as you think.The Skimm[S]o beautifully written that I marked linesfor their perceptive geniuson nearly every page... This perfectly paced novel examines class structures and sexual identity and betrayals and tragedy in a way that had be both wanting to rip through the pages and wanting to savor each sentence until the extremely satisfying end." Elin Hilderbrand for LiteratiCan we ever really escape our pasts?The girls of St John the Divine, an elite English boarding school, were notorious for flipping their hair, harassing teachers, chasing boys, and chainsmoking cigarettes. They were fiercely loyal, sharptongued, 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 hasnt 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...

Binding: Paperback; pages; Publisher: HarperCollins; Classification: ; Weight: 360 g; Dimensions: 135 x 204 x 23

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