Mona Awad

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A Most Anticipated Book of 2023 by Time, Vogue, The Guardian, Goodreads, Bustle, The Millions, LitHub, Tor, Good Housekeeping, PureWow, Our Culture Mag, and more!
From the critically acclaimed author of Bunny comes a horror-tinted, gothic fairy tale about a lonely dress shop clerk whose mother's unexpected death sends her down a treacherous path in pursuit of youth and beauty. Can she escape her mother's fate—and find a connection that is more than skin deep?

For as long as she can remember, Belle has been insidiously obsessed with her skin and skincare videos. When her estranged mother Noelle mysteriously dies, Belle finds herself back in Southern California, dealing with her mother's considerable debts and grappling with lingering questions about her death. The stakes escalate when a strange woman in red appears at the funeral, offering a tantalizing clue…
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  • Diana Cathas quoted4 months ago
    “What sort of journey?” I ask.

    She looks at me like what a question. “The only journey that matters in the end, Daughter of Noelle.”

    “Retinol?” I whisper.
  • Diana Cathas quoted5 months ago
    You were such a lonely little girl, weren’t you? Whispering to grass. Befriending sticks. Dreaming yourself into movies and books. Every screen, every page, like a door to another world, remember?
  • b8266335531has quoted7 months ago
    ’ll admit I’m afraid to go in. What will I find? Evidence of my insanity? Evidence of hers? Evidence of all the thorns between us?
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