sweptawaybbooks:An absolutely lovely afternoon was spent with Lauren of @fictiontea, and I’m feeling
sweptawaybbooks:An absolutely lovely afternoon was spent with Lauren of @fictiontea, and I’m feeling very grateful for reading friends in Scotland! . . We lunched and then went for a coffee at @waterstones, where I picked up my next read. The Burning Girl by Claire Messud is the story of Julia and Cassie, friends who have shared everything, including their desire to get out of the stifling, small Massachusetts town. While Julia comes from a stable, happy, middle-class family, Cassie never knew her father and has a rocky relationship with her mother, Bev. . As the two girls enter adolescence, their paths diverge. When Bev becomes involved with the mysterious Anders Shute, Cassie feels cruelly abandoned. Disturbed, angry and desperate for answers, she sets out on a journey that will put her own life in danger, and shatter her oldest friendship. . The Burning Girl just screams Alyssa, even the title! Stories that explore female friendship, and young female friendship at that, are captivating to me. And look at this STUNNING cover . . Also picked up the Earthsea series by Ursula K Le Guin, a series I’ve been dying to read forever. I couldn’t resist that cover either . . (at Waterstones Sauchiehall St) -- source link
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