Pretty Is A Novel
Pretty Is A Novel by Maggie Mitchell is a first edition published by Macmillan on July 7, 2015, featuring 306 pages in English. This fiction debut intricately weaves the story of two young women, Lois and Carly May, who confront the traumatic events of their childhood when they were abducted at the age of twelve. Nearly twenty years later, their lives intersect again as they grapple with the repercussions of their shared past and the impact of a film that echoes their experiences.
Readers will find a narrative that explores themes of memory, trauma, and the complexities of truth as Lois, now a professor, and Carly May, an actress, navigate their intertwined fates. The novel delves into the psychological aspects of their experiences, revealing how their lives have been shaped by the abduction and the secrets they have kept. With elements of suspense and a focus on the performing arts, Pretty Is invites readers to reflect on the nature of storytelling and the ways in which personal histories can resurface in unexpected ways.
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“[A] stunning, multilayered debut . . . . with a great deal of intelligent, beautifully written panache. . . . What a satisfying novel, with its shifting perspectives and competing stories and notion that our relationship to the truth changes with time and distance.” –The New York Times
A fiercely imagined fiction debut in which two young women face what happened the summer they were twelve, when a handsome stranger abducted them
Everyone thought we were dead. We were missing for nearly two months; we were twelve. What else could they think? –Lois
It’s always been hard to talk about what happened without sounding all melodramatic. . . . Actually, I haven’t mentioned it for years, not to a goddamned person. -Carly May
The summer precocious Lois and pretty Carly May were twelve years old, they were kidnapped, driven across the country, and held in a cabin in the woods for two months by a charismatic stranger. Nearly twenty years later, Lois has become a professor, teaching British literature at a small college in upstate New York, and Carly May is an actress in Los Angeles, drinking too much and struggling to revive her career. When a movie with a shockingly familiar plot draws the two women together once more, they must face the public exposure of their secret history and confront the dark longings and unspeakable truths that haunt them still. Maggie Mitchell’s Pretty Is beautifully defies ripped-from-the-headlines crime story expectations and announces the debut of a masterful new storytelling talent.
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