Ruminating on the past, Josephine becomes obsessed with her teenage identity and the forgotten girls of her one-time orbit. The visit provokes blurry recollections of those doomed final weeks that rocked the community. Yet now Josephine inexplicably finds herself returning to her old stomping grounds.

She hasn’t spoken to another Divine in 15 years, not since the day the school shuttered its doors in disgrace. For Josephine, now in her 30s, the years at St John were a lifetime ago. They were fiercely loyal, sharp-tongued, and cuttingly humorous in the way that only teenage girls can be. The girls of St John the Divine, an elite English boarding school, were notorious for flipping their hair, harassing teachers, chasing boys, and chain-smoking cigarettes. This perfectly paced novel examines class structures and sexual identity and betrayals and tragedy in a way that had be both wanting to rip through the pages and wanting to savor each sentence until the extremely satisfying end.' (Elin Hilderbrand for Literati) “o beautifully written that I marked lines - for their perceptive genius - on nearly every page. In this provocative novel, the past isn’t always as far away as you think.” ( The Skimm ) “For when you want a coming-of-age novel with a dark twist. But the more Josephine recalls, the further her life unravels, derailing not just her marriage and career, but her entire sense of self.'-book jacket.Recommended by Entertainment Weekly * CNN * Harper's Bazaar * E! Online * Refinery 29 * Bustle * Shondaland * Vulture * The Millions * Lit Hub * Electric Literature * Parade * MSN * and more! With each memory that resurfaces, she circles closer to the violent secret at the heart of the school’s scandal.

She hasn’t spoken to another Divine in fifteen years, not since the day the school shuttered its doors in disgrace. For Josephine, now in her thirties, the years at St John were a lifetime ago. 'The girls of St John the Divine, an elite English boarding school, were notorious for flipping their hair, harassing teachers, chasing boys, and chain-smoking cigarettes.

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