The Swallows: A Novel

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The Swallows: A Novel

A teacher at a New England prep school ignites a gender warâ€”with deadly consequencesâ€”in this dark and provocative novel by the bestselling author ofÂ The Passenger
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â€œRiveting . . . full of imagination and power.â€â€”Caroline Kepnes, author of You and Providence

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF AUGUST BY Bustle â€¢ Entertainment Weekly â€¢ PopSugar â€¢ Refinery29 â€¢Â New York Post

When Alexandra Witt joins the faculty at Stonebridge Academy, sheâ€™s hoping to put a painful past behind her. Then one of her creative writing assignments generates some disturbing responses from students. Before long, Alex is immersed in an investigation of the students atop the schoolâ€™s social hierarchyâ€”and their connection to something called the Darkroom. She soon inspires the girls whoâ€™ve started to question the schoolâ€™s â€œboys will be boysâ€ attitude and incites a resistance. But just as the movement is gaining momentum, Alex attracts the attention of an unknown enemy who knows a little too much about herâ€”and what brought her to Stonebridge in the first place.

Meanwhile, Gemma, a defiant senior, has been plotting her attack for years, waiting for the right moment. Shy loner Norman hates his role in the Darkroom, but canâ€™t find the courage to fight back until he makes an unlikely alliance. And then thereâ€™s Finn Ford, an English teacher with a shady reputation, who keeps one eye on his literary ambitions and one on Ms. Witt. As the schoolâ€™s secrets begin to trickle out, a boys-versus-girls skirmish turns into an all-out war, with deeply personalâ€”and potentially fatalâ€”consequences for everyone involved.

Lisa Lutzâ€™s blistering, timely tale of revenge and disruption shows us what can happen when silence wins out over decency for too longâ€”and why the scariest threat of all might be the idea that sooner or later, girls will be girls.

Praise for The Swallows

â€œThe SwallowsÂ is fast-moving, darkly humorous and at times shockingly vicious. The battle of the sexes within its pages couldnâ€™t be more compelling. . . . Lutz delivers a frantic, morbidly funny story.â€â€”BookPage

â€œA decade before the #MeToo movement kicks off in full force, women are coming for the patriarchy in this big olâ€™ novel, ripe with idiosyncratic characterization and memorable scenes.â€â€”Refinery29

Country	USA
Author	Lisa Lutz
Binding	Kindle Edition
EISBN	9781984818249
Format	Kindle eBook
Label	Ballantine Books
Manufacturer	Ballantine Books
NumberOfPages	400
PublicationDate	2019-08-13
Publisher	Ballantine Books
ReleaseDate	2019-08-13
Studio	Ballantine Books

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