Binding: Paperback
Description: Optioned by Netflix and a most anticipated book from Bustle The Rumpus Electric Literature and Lit Hub! An unsettling seductive psychological thriller about a young woman with multiple personalities perfect for fans of Caroline Kepnes and Clare Mackintosh" An electrifying thought - provoking and unflinching novel." Jean Kwok New York Times bestselling author of Searching for Sylvie Lee An exceptional debut from a talented author. Clare Mackintosh New York Times bestselling author of I Let You Go Beautiful. Damaged. Destructive. Meet Alexa W a brilliant yet darkly self - aware young woman whose chaotic life is controlled by a series of alternate personalities. When Alexa's friend Ella gets a job at a high - end gentlemen's club she catches the attention of its shark - like owner and is gradually drawn into his inner circle. As Alexa's world becomes intimately entangled with Ella's she soon finds herself the unwitting keeper of a nightmarish secret as she follows Ella into London's cruel underbelly. Threatened and vulnerable Alexa will discover whether her multiple personalities are her greatest asset or her most dangerous obstacle. Electrifying and breathlessly compulsive The Eighth Girl is an omnivorous examination of life with mental illness and the acute trauma of living in a misogynist world. With bingeable prose and a clinician's expertise Chung's psychological debut deftly explores identity innocence and the fracturing weight that young women are forced to carry causing us to ask: Does the truth lead to self - discovery or to self - destruction?
Title: The Eighth Girl A Novel
Author(s): Chung Maxine Mei - Fung
Publisher: Harpercollins
Barcode: 9780062931139
Pages: 496 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 3/16/2021