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The Lightness by Emily Temple [Emily Temple] is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Lightness about?
"A bold, smart, hilarious new voice." -- MARY KARR "The Lightness could be the love child of Donna Tartt and Tana French, but its savage, glittering magic is all Emily Temple's own." --CHLOE BENJAMIN A stylish, stunningly precise, and suspenseful meditation on adolescent desire, female friendship, and the female body that shimmers with rage, wit, and fierce longing--an audacious, darkly observant, and mordantly funny literary debut for fans of Emma Cline, Ottessa Moshfegh, and Jenny Offill. One year ago, the person Olivia adores most in the world, her father, left home for a meditation retreat in the mountains and never returned. Yearning to make sense of his shocking departure and to escape her overbearing mother--a woman as grounded as her father is mercurial--Olivia runs away from home and retraces his path to a place known as the Levitation Center. Once there, she enrolls in their summer program for troubled teens, which Olivia refers to as "Buddhist Boot Camp for Bad Girls". Soon, she finds herself drawn into the company of a close-knit trio of girls determined to transcend their circumstances, by any means necessary. Led by the elusive and beautiful Serena, and her aloof, sec
Who reads The Lightness?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Emily Temple [Emily Temple]
- Publisher
- The Borough Press, imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
- Published
- 2020
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780008332693
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Fiction, Women'S Fiction
