We All Love the Beautiful Girls

Name: We All Love the Beautiful Girls
Brand: Hachette Audio
Availability: InStock
Rating: 3.5 (2 reviews)
Author: Joanne Proulx
ISBN: 9781478999713

Author: Joanne Proulx

Narrator: Josh Hurley

Unabridged: 12 hr 19 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Grand Central Publishing

Published: 08/28/2018

Categories: Fiction, Women, Family Life, Literary Fiction

Synopsis

Perfect for fans of Rick Moody, Lauren Groff, and Celeste Ng, a propulsive literary breakout about three suburban families whose lives spiral dangerously out of control after tragedy strikes.

Who suffers when the privileged fall?
One frigid winter night, Mia and Michael Slate's comfortable world dissolves in an instant when they discover that their best friend has cheated them out of their life savings. At the same time, a few doors down, their teenaged son passes out in the snow at a party--a mistake whose consequences will shatter not just their family, but an entire community.
In this arresting, masterful page-turner shot through with fierce, clear-eyed compassion and a sublime insight into human fragility, award-winning novelist Proulx explores the savage underpinnings of betrayal, infidelity, and revenge--and a multilayered portrait of love, in all its glory, that no reader will soon forget.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jennifer ~ TarHeelReader on August 28, 2018

4 sordid, family secrets stars to We All Love the Beautiful Girls! ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ We All Love the Beautiful Girls is an elegantly-told story of the darker side of family. Mia and Michael Slate are married and appear to have it all: an accomplished teenage son, Finn, and a happy married life heads and s......more

Goodreads review by Erin on August 30, 2017

Many thanks to Goodreads and the publisher for the chance to read this novel in exchange for an honest review! Mia and Michael have a great life- a wonderful son, a beautiful home and a happy marriage. On the night they find out Michaels’ business partner (and his best friend) has been cheating th......more

Goodreads review by Sam (Clues and Reviews) on August 29, 2017

We All Love the Beautiful Girls, by Joanne Proulx, is a very different story from what I normally read and what I am attracted to. However, the synopsis intrigued me and, given the fact that she is a Canadian author, I added it to the top of my TBR pile. I am so glad I did. From Proulx’s strong pros......more

Goodreads review by Michelle on September 11, 2017

Note: Received a copy of this book from NetGalley It might be a strange thing to say, but I just didn't feel good reading this book. It was like I had this low-key anxiety through the whole thing. I'm generally a fan of novels that are dark/depressing, or have unlikeable characters, but there was som......more

Goodreads review by Lindsay (lindsaysalwaysreading) on February 24, 2024

4.5 stars This book explores the ripple effects of tragedy as one seemingly small mistake spreads through the lives of those close to Finn. Proulx writes with economy of words, giving the reader a visceral experience while remaining very readable. I was hooked immediately, and was excited to stay wit......more

Quotes

"We All Love the Beautiful Girls is a gripping tale of love gone awry. In a lively plot filled with twists and turns, Joanne Proulx's characters flail about and pay a high price for their impulsiveness and rage. This is a book to keep readers glued to the page, and enthralled by the author's skill and wisdom."—Lynne Sharon Schwartz, author of Two-Part Inventions

"When I finished this novel, I wanted to tell everyone I knew to read it. It is one of the best, most important books I've read in a very long time."—The Globe and Mail

"An emotional thrill-ride that manages to capture the tenderness and rage unique to adolescence and middle-age, the heartbreak of first love, and the fragility of even the most stable-seeming marriage."—Zoe Whittall, bestselling author of The Best Kind of People

"With We All Love the Beautiful Girls, Proulx ... moves firmly into John Cheever territory, exploring with a keen eye and incisive prose the suburbs of quiet desperation, peeling back facades to reveal the desperation and violence that lurk just below the surface. When that violence comes to a head, the results are as devastating as they are unexpected."—Toronto Star

"We All Love the Beautiful Girls has the ability to leave a reader breathless. The plot twists are daring. The characters and their dialogue capture the ways in which adversity can alter people. Lovers' wounds are plastered across every page and the veneer of civility becomes shockingly thin. And yet, in the end, love, decency, and forgiveness triumph. Think of the 1986 David Lynch film, Blue Velvet, in which brutality lurks just beneath the surface of everyday life, then erupts ferociously before disappearing back into the depths."—Quill & Quire

"Provocative...Gorgeously written, Proulx's narrative offers a fascinating plot and both a searing exploration of the butterfly effect of trauma and the uncanny persistence of love in improbable circumstances."—Publisher's Weekly

"Unflinching."—Harper's Bazaar, Best New Books

"Believe the hype about this family novel that's as complex as it is creative."—Hello Giggles

Proulx's novel covers a lot of territory, with several twists and turns... The story excels in its depiction of women."—amNY

"The novel's visuals are vivid and well realized, the characters and their dramas cinematic."—New York Times Book Rreview