The Burning Girl: A Novel

A Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist "[A] masterwork of psychological fiction.à Messud teases readers with a psychological mystery, withholding information and then cannily parceling it out." ùChicago Tribune Julia and Cassie have been friends since nursery school. They have shared everything, including their desire to escape the stifling limitations of their birthplace, the quiet town of Royston, Massachusetts. But as the two girls enter adolescence, their paths diverge and Cassie sets out on a journey that will put her life in danger and shatter her oldest friendship. The Burning Girl is a complex examination of the stories we tell ourselves about youth and friendship, and straddles, expertly, childhoodÆs imaginary worlds and painful adult realityùcrafting a true, immediate portrait of female adolescence. Claire Messud, one of our finest novelists, is as accomplished at weaving a compelling fictional world as she is at asking the big questions: To what extent can we know ourselves and others? What are the stories we create to comprehend our lives and relationships? Brilliantly mixing fable and coming-of-age tale, The Burning Girl gets to the heart of these matters in an absolutely irresistible way. The Burning Girl was named one of the best books of the year by the Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Vogue, NPR, Financial Times, Town & Country, Kirkus Reviews, Publishers Weekly, Refinery29, and Literary Hub.

Author: Claire Messud

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Publication Date: Jun 05, 2018

Number of Pages: 256 pages

Language: English

Binding: Paperback/Fiction

ISBN-10: 0393356051

ISBN-13: 9780393356052