An enchanting Caroline Kepnes author of You fairytaleinflected thriller The New Yorker about two sisters who encounter a captivating yet possibly dangerous underworld cult that challenges their perception of reality
A New Yorker Best Book of 2024
Rose has come a long way Raisedand often neglectedby a wayward mother in New York Citys chaotic bohemia she has finally built the life shes always wanted a good job at a selfhelp startup a clean apartment an engagement to a stable if selfsatisfied tech CEO who shares her faith in human potential hard work and the sacrifice of childish dreams
Roses sister Cecilia on the other hand never grew up Irresponsible and impetuous prone to jetting off to a European monastery one month and a falcon rescue the next Cecilia has spent her life in pursuit of fairytale narratives of transcendence and true lovegrand ideas Rose knows never work out in the real world When Cecilia declares shes come home to New York for good following the ending of a whirlwind marriage Rose hopes Cecilia might find a way to be ready to face adulthood compromises and all
But then Cecilia gets involved with the Avalon a cabaret troupeone that appears only at night on a boat that travels New Yorks waterwaysand soon vanishes The only way Rose can find Cecilia is by tracking down Avalon herself
But as Rose gets closer to solving the mystery of what happened to her sister the Avalon works its magic on her too And the deeper she goes into the Avalons underworld the more she begins to question everything she knows about her own life and whether shes willing to leave the real world behind
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