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NAMED A VOGUE BEST BOOK OF 2024
Adventurous. . .gritty and refreshingly girl-centric. . . lingers in the imagination. –The New York Times
“Ko…draws characters with such deftness that they feel wholly alive. –The Washington Post
It belongs to an American literary tradition that includes Dana Spiotta, George Saunders, and their patron saint, Don DeLillo. –The Atlantic
The award-winning author of The Leavers offers a visionary novel of friendship, art, and ambition that asks: What is the value of a meaningful life?
In the early 1980s, Giselle Chin, Jackie Ong, and Ellen Ng are three teenagers drawn together by their shared sense of alienation and desire for something different. “Allied in the weirdest parts of themselves,” they envision each other as artistic collaborators and embark on a future defined by freedom and creativity.
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