"When an American cult moves to the Gold Coast, freelance journalist Scout Davis's investigative antennae start quivering. She sets out to expose the cult's bizarre practices, but when she learns the identity of a recent recruit, her quest becomes personal. And dangerous"
What Girls Learn
β Scribed by Karin Cook
- Publisher
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group;Vintage Contemporaries/Vintage Books
- Year
- 2011;1998
- Tongue
- en-US
- Weight
- 161 KB
- Category
- Fiction
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
radiant debut novel, What Girls Learn takes readers on an intimate and haunting journey into the landscape of girlhood and the complex terrain of the family. Wise, bittersweet, and above all intensely human, this astonishingly powerful novel enchants readers with its humor and insight even as it breaks their hearts.
From the Hardcover edition.
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