โ Scribed by Anna Caritj
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**โAffecting narrative about consent, power and loneliness.โโTime
โIntoxicatingly ominous.โโKirkus Reviews
In a hothouse of collegiate sex and ambition, one young woman mysteriously disappears after a wild campus party, and another becomes obsessed with finding her.**
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Itโs Halloween night on a pastoral East Coast college campus. Scantily costumed students ride the fine line between adolescence and adulthood as they prepare for a night of drinking and debauchery. Expectations are high as Leda flirts with her thrilling new crush, Ian, and he flirts back. But by the end of the night, things will have taken a turn.
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A mysterious young woman in a swan costume speaks with Leda outside a partyโand then vanishes. When Leda later wakes up in Ianโs room the next morning, she is unsure exactly what happened between them. Meanwhile, as the campus rouses itself to respond to the young womanโs disappearance, rumors swirl, suspicious facts pile up, and Ledaโs obsession with her missing classmate grows. Is it just a coincidence that Ian used to date Charlotte, the missing woman? Is Leda herself in danger? As Leda becomes more and more dangerously consumed with the mystery of Charlotte and questions about Ian, her motivations begin to blur. Is Leda looking for Charlotte, or trying to find herself?
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In Leda and the Swan, Anna Caritjโs riveting storytelling brings together a suspenseful plot; an intimate, confessional voice; and invaluable insights into sex, power, and contemporary culture.
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