Little Wrecks

Name: Little Wrecks
Brand: Harper Audio
Availability: InStock
Rating: 5 (1 reviews)
Author: Meredith Miller
ISBN: 9780062683403

Author: Meredith Miller

Narrator: Khristine Hvam

Unabridged: 8 hr 34 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 06/13/2017

Categories: Young Adult Fiction, Girls & Women, Social Themes

Synopsis

In this haunting and explosive debut, Meredith Miller explores the truth behind three girls on the cusp of adulthood, and all the shocking realizations that come under the guise of growing up. Perfect for fans of I’ll Give You the Sun and Girl in Pieces. Ruth, Magda, and Isabel are different from everyone else. They can see beneath the seemingly perfect, cookie-cutter exterior of their small town of Highbone, Long Island. They know that below the surface, each house is filled with secrets, indifference, and violence.These girls refuse to become willing participants of these fake lives. Instead, they are determined to fight every condescending comment, every unwelcome touch, and every lie they’ve been told. When the opportunity to commit the perfect crime appears, the girls finally start to see their way out of Highbone. But for the first time, Ruth, Magda, and Isabel are keeping secrets from each other. As they drift apart, the weight of reality starts to set in. These girls can’t save each other. They might not even be able to save themselves.

About Meredith Miller

Meredith Miller is the author of Little Wrecks and How We Learned to Lie. She grew up in a large, unruly family on Long Island, New York, and now lives in the UK. She is a published short story writer and literary critic with a great love for big nineteenth-century novels and for the sea. Her short stories have appeared most recently in Stand, Short Fiction, Prole, Alt Hist, and The View from Here.

Reviews

Goodreads review by karen on July 27, 2019

fulfilling my 2019 goal to read (at least) one book each month that i bought in hardcover and put off reading long enough that it is now in paperback. What’s the point of flinching? Whatever is coming comes anyway. this is a novel that refuses to be tidy or conclusive or moralistic. it also resists......more

Goodreads review by Elle on May 05, 2017

4 stars. Really weird?? But I kind of loved it. First things first: this book has weird prose. I still can't decide whether I liked the writing style. At points, there's almost too much purple prose and the metaphors killed me a bit, but there are also points where the prose personally murdered me a......more

Goodreads review by arlo on January 01, 2018

I️ was so excited to read this book after I️ read a free sample of I️t on my nook. However, I️ was very disappointed. The premise sounded right up my alley and I️ was expecting an exploration of the relationships between teenage girls, full of discovery and secrets. The scenes with all three girls s......more

Goodreads review by thelibrari on November 18, 2022

the best book i’ve ever read. it’s been months and yet i still think about this.......more

Goodreads review by Stephanie on June 13, 2017

(I received an ARC from Harper Collins via Edelweiss.) An achingly familiar coming of age story about the friendship of three teenage girls—Isabel, Ruth, and Magda. The story gives an insight into what each character is experiencing and their reactions to the predominantly patriarchal culture in thei......more