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(0)Emma Cline
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"Summer is coming to a close on the East End of Long Island, and Alex is no longer welcome. A misstep at a dinner party, and the older man she's been staying with dismisses her with a ride to the train station and a ticket back to the city. With few resources and a waterlogged phone, but gifted with an ability to navigate the desires of others, Alex stays on Long Island and drifts like a ghost through the hedged lanes, gated driveways, and sun-blasted...
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"Northern California, during the violent end of the 1960s. At the start of summer, a lonely and thoughtful teenager, Evie Boyd, sees a group of girls in the park, and is immediately caught by their freedom, their careless dress, their dangerous aura of abandon. Soon, Evie is enthralled by Suzanne, a mesmerizing older girl, and is drawn into the circle of a soon-to-be infamous cult and the man who is its charismatic leader. Hidden in the hills, their...
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Random House
Pub. Date
[2020]
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English
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"An absentee father collects his son from boarding school after a shocking act of violence. A nanny to a celebrity family hides out in Laurel Canyon in the aftermath of a tabloid scandal. A young woman sells her underwear to strangers. A notorious guest arrives at a placid, not-quite rehab in the Southwest. In ten remarkable stories, Emma Cline portrays moments when the ordinary is disturbed, when daily life buckles, revealing the perversity and...
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Random House Large Print
Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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"Summer is coming to a close on the East End of Long Island, and Alex is no longer welcome. A misstep at a dinner party, and the older man she's been staying with dismisses her with a ride to the train station and a ticket back to the city. With few resources and a waterlogged phone, but gifted with an ability to navigate the desires of others, Alex stays on Long Island and drifts like a ghost through the hedged lanes, gated driveways, and sun-blasted...
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Hörbuch München von RBmedia Verlag
Pub. Date
2023
Language
Deutsch
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Eine abgründige Geschichte von Abhängigkeit und Macht, von Manipulation und Grenzüberschreitung. Nach „The Girls" der neue Roman von Emma Cline Der Sommer in den Hamptons neigt sich zum Ende, und Alex ist nicht mehr willkommen. Denn egal, wie nahe sie der Welt der Reichen und Schönen gekommen ist: Sie ist immer nur zu Gast – und keine Einladung gilt für immer. Ein Fehltritt bei einem Dinner, und schon setzt Simon, der ältere Mann, dem Alex...
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Mariner Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2017.
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English
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"[A] terrific and surprising collection of tales by a diverse group of writers . . . Count on them to transport you." USA Today The Best American Short Stories 2017 will be edited by Meg Wolitzer, who is "almost crushingly insightful; she doesn't just mine the contemporary mind, she seems to invade it" (San Francisco Chronicle), making her the perfect person to helm this literary time capsule of a collection.
8) Las chicas
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Editorial Anagrama
Pub. Date
2016
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Español
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California. Verano de 1969. Evie, una adolescente insegura y solitaria a punto de adentrarse en el incierto mundo de los adultos, se fija en un grupo de chicas en un parque: visten de un modo descuidado, van descalzas y parecen vivir felices y despreocupadas, al margen de las normas. Días después, un encuentro fortuito propiciará que una de esas chicas ?Suzanne, unos años mayor que ella? la invite a acompañarlas. Viven en un rancho solitario
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