Emily Layden

“All Girls is an exciting, innovative debut from a fresh and assured new voice. Emily Layden renders the fictional Atwater School in nuanced, honest, and rich depth, guiding its young characters with a tender and knowing hand. This is a sincere, poignant, and moving story of a group of teenage girls coming to terms with the world they've inherited.” ––Taylor Jenkins Reid, New York Times bestselling author of Daisy Jones and the Six 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. But as the months unfold, and the school's efforts to control the ensuing crisis fall short, these extraordinary girls are forced to discover their voices, and their power. A tender and unflinching portrait of modern adolescence told through the shifting perspectives of an unforgettable cast of female students, All Girls explores what it means to grow up in a place that promises you the world––when the world still isn't yours for the taking. You grow to love a place... and then you grow up.

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All Girls

"The pages turn fast and the girls are complex, compelling and written with incredible tenderness. Layden excels at rendering the everyday details of boarding school life." ––New York Times "Sharp, engrossing." ––Town & Country 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. But as the months unfold, and the school's efforts to control the ensuing crisis fall short, these extraordinary girls are forced to discover their voices and their power. A tender and unflinching portrait of modern adolescence told through the shifting perspectives of an unforgettable cast of female students, Emily Layden's All Girls explores what it means to grow up in a place that promises you the world—when the world still isn't yours for the taking. You grow to love a place...and then you grow up.

Once More from the Top

“A deliciously insider-y peek into the music industry and fame — Layden has a gift for making the world and her characters feel wonderfully real. You won’t be able to put it down.” -- Rufi Thorpe, author of Margo's Got Money Troubles A propulsive, "immersive" (Washington Post) novel about the meteoric rise of a legendary pop star and the secret she’s kept hidden for fifteen years, for fans of Megan Abbott and Daisy Jones & the Six. 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. And so lots of people think they understand everything about Dylan Read. But what no one knows is the part of her origin story she has successfully kept hidden: her childhood best friend Kelsey vanished the year before Dylan became famous. Now, as Dylan’s at the height of her career, Kelsey’s body is found at the bottom of their hometown lake—forcing Dylan to reckon with their shared past, her friend’s influence on her music, and whether there’s more to their story than meets the eye. Layered, page-turning, and psychologically astute, Once More from the Top is a riveting and keenly observant novel about friendship, ambition, and the cost of fame.

AL PRINCIPIO AMAS EL LUGAR AL QUE PERTENECES. LUEGO MADURAS. «Retrata de manera sublime la vida en un internado de Nueva Inglaterra.» The New York Times «Una novela perfecta para los lectores de Sally Rooney y Curtis Sittenfeld.» Sant Martin ́s Press 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 medida que pasan las semanas, las nueve extraordinarias protagonistas -cuyas voces se van alternando en esta inteligente novela- se darán cuenta de que los adultos quizá no puedan protegerlas como ellas creían. Emily Layden captura con maestría la complejidad de la adolescencia en esta historia que, alabada por la crítica y los lectores, va detallando los acontecimientos que se suceden en el internado para abordar un tema universal: el difícil paso de las niñas a la edad adulta en nuestra sociedad. La crítica ha dicho: «Las páginas vuelan. Las protagonistas, descritas con infinita ternura, son complejas y cautivadoras. Layden retrata de manera sublime los detalles cotidianos de la vida en un internado.» The New York Times «Incisiva, aguda... Layden logra aliviar las consecuencias del silencio institucional.» Publishers Weekly «Una interpretación crucial de la sexualidad y el movimiento #MeToo desde la perspectiva de las más jóvenes.» Library Journal «Una historia que captura de manera sagaz la claustrofobia y la tóxica cultura de la conformidad entre las adolescentes.» The Observer «Los lectores se descubrirán pensando en estos personajes, vívidos y construidos con compasión, mucho después de haber terminado el libro... Regálaselo a los fans adultos de Gossip Girl y a los lectores de Emma Straub.» Booklist «Sumergiéndose en el infierno de la adolescencia, Layden crea un espacio para conversar sobre feminismo y la olvidada dificultad de sobrevivir en un mundo dominado por los hombres. Inteligente, evocadora y empática.» Kirkus

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