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No one understood us, only we two I thought understood one another.
The novel is almost unbearably candid about the ugliness of vanity.
Some would argue that this isnt Messuds most successful novel, but it feels like her most honest.
The other girl remains stuck in time and in place.
Neither is certain if shes the lucky one.
Sula and Nel are bosom friends, accomplices.
This novel is a classic of the genre and an absolute must-read.
We know from the first pages of this strikingly Zeitgeist-y work that Marlena will drown within a year.
Cat is drawn to Marlenas seeming worldliness, her ease with the adult world and its alluring dangers.
Until, of course, Marlena ends up dead.
We were basically statistics, Cat explains, but she doesnt mean it.
They were real girls.
Buntins debut is a virtually flawless rumination on the state of childhood today.
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