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A keenly perceptive coming of age novel for fans of Sally Rooney, Curtis Sittenfeld, and J. Courtney Sullivan, All Girls follows nine young women as they navigate their ambitions and fears at a prestigious New England prep school, all pitched against the backdrop of a scandal the administration wants silenced.

Everyone in America knows Dylan Read, or at least has heard her music. Since releasing her debut album her senior year of high school, Dylan’s spent fifteen years growing up in the public eye. She’s not only perfected her skills when it comes to lyrics and melody; she’s also learned how to craft a public narrative that satisfies her fans, her label, and the media. In the circles of fame and celebrity in which she now travels, the careful maintenance of Dylan Read pop star is often more important than the songs themselves.

Atwater es un exclusivo internado femenino de Nueva Inglaterra, cuna de intelectuales feministas y de pensamiento moderno. Sus alumnas son brillantes, decididas y sofisticadas, pero en el fondo no dejan de ser también adolescentes que buscan su propio camino, exploran sus ambiciones y se enfrentan a sus miedos. Nada más empezar el curso, sale a la luz una alarmante noticia: una de las alumnas ha puesto una denuncia contra un profesor por conducta sexual inapropiada y el centro pretende silenciar el escándalo.

A keenly perceptive coming-of-age novel set at a prestigious New England prep school, as nine young women navigate their ambitions, friendships, and fears against the backdrop of a scandal the administration wants silenced. An all-girls boarding school in a hilly corner of Connecticut, Atwater is a haven for progressive thinking and feminist intellectuals. The students are smart, driven and worldly; they are also teenagers, learning to find their way.