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Title details for Cruel Beautiful World by Caroline Leavitt - Available

Cruel Beautiful World

by Caroline Leavitt
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“A seductive page-turner that ripples with an undercurrent of suspense.” —The Boston Globe
“A seamless triumph of storytelling.” —Gail Godwin, author of Flora
Leavitt’s new novel, Days of Wonder, is coming April 23, 2024. Pre-order now!
It’s 1969, and sixteen-year-old Lucy is about to run away with a much older man to live off the grid in rural Pennsylvania, a rash act that will have frightening repercussions for both her and her older sister, Charlotte. As Lucy’s default caretaker for most of their lives, Charlotte has always been burdened by having to be the responsible one, but never more so than when Lucy’s dream of a rural paradise turns into a nightmare.
With precise, haunting prose and indelible characters, Cruel Beautiful World examines the infinitesimal distance between seduction and love, loyalty and duty, and most of all, tells a universal story of sisterhood and the complicated legacy of family.
“Absorbing.” —The New York Times Book Review
“Captivating.”—Los Angeles Times
“Engrossing.” —People
“Page-turning suspense.” —New York Journal of Books
“Riveting.” —Marie Claire
“Marvelous.”—The National Book Review
“Hauntingly brilliant.” —Coastal Living
“Gripping and suspenseful.” —BookPage
“Moving.” —The Washington Post
 
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Publisher: Little, Brown and Company

Kindle Book

  • Release date: September 19, 2016

OverDrive Read

  • ISBN: 9781616206055
  • File size: 1142 KB
  • Release date: September 19, 2016

EPUB ebook

  • ISBN: 9781616206055
  • File size: 2398 KB
  • Release date: September 19, 2016
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Fiction Literature

Languages

English

“A seductive page-turner that ripples with an undercurrent of suspense.” —The Boston Globe
“A seamless triumph of storytelling.” —Gail Godwin, author of Flora
Leavitt’s new novel, Days of Wonder, is coming April 23, 2024. Pre-order now!
It’s 1969, and sixteen-year-old Lucy is about to run away with a much older man to live off the grid in rural Pennsylvania, a rash act that will have frightening repercussions for both her and her older sister, Charlotte. As Lucy’s default caretaker for most of their lives, Charlotte has always been burdened by having to be the responsible one, but never more so than when Lucy’s dream of a rural paradise turns into a nightmare.
With precise, haunting prose and indelible characters, Cruel Beautiful World examines the infinitesimal distance between seduction and love, loyalty and duty, and most of all, tells a universal story of sisterhood and the complicated legacy of family.
“Absorbing.” —The New York Times Book Review
“Captivating.”—Los Angeles Times
“Engrossing.” —People
“Page-turning suspense.” —New York Journal of Books
“Riveting.” —Marie Claire
“Marvelous.”—The National Book Review
“Hauntingly brilliant.” —Coastal Living
“Gripping and suspenseful.” —BookPage
“Moving.” —The Washington Post
 
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Fiction Literature