A seductive page-turner that ripples with an undercurrent of suspense. --The Washington Post. --BookPage Moving. --Coastal Living Gripping and suspenseful. --Marie Claire Marvelous.--The National Book Review Hauntingly brilliant. --New York Journal of Books Riveting. --People Page-turning suspense. --The New York Times Book Review Captivating.--Los Angeles Times Engrossing.
Absorbing.
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.
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. --Gail Godwin, author of Flora 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. --The Boston Globe A seamless triumph of storytelling.
A seductive page-turner that ripples with an undercurrent of suspense
