Ellie Eaton

'Intento recordar, entender qué clase de persona era entonces. Por qué nos odiaban tanto. De qué éramos culpables'. St. John the Divine, un elitista internado inglés sólo de chicas, cierra sus puertas definitivamente tras un escandalo que sacude por completo las vidas de las adolescentes que viven en el, pero sobre todo afecta a Josephine, quien, a sus treinta y tantos, no puede dejar de pensar de forma obsesiva en su vida en aquel internado ni lo que alli acontecio. Las divinas eran conocidas por la forma en la que se sacudian el pelo, por como hablaban de los chicos y por fumar sin parar. Andaban por las calles de Oxford cogidas del brazo y miraban por encima del hombro a los lugareños. Las divinas es una novela que indaga en el despertar y el poder sexual de las adolescentes, la division de clases, la busqueda de identidad y las amistades que forjamos en esta etapa crucial de la vida, que nos influyen y moldean hasta convertirnos en quienes somos. Alternando su vida en la actualidad como adulta y su yo adolescente, Josephine revisara su pasado para buscar respuestas y enfrentarse a la persona que realmente es porque, ¿podemos escapar de nuestro pasado?

Set in the final days before a shocking tragedy forces an elite boarding school to shut its doors for good, Ellie Eatons The Divines is a razor-sharp debut that asks the question: were you really as good as you remember?I am Divine. My mother was Divine and her mother before that, which isnt uncommon. Although that was at a time when being Divine meant something . . .The girls of elite English boarding school, St. John the Divine, were notorious for flipping their hair, harassing teachers, chasing boys and chain-smoking cigarettes. They were fiercely loyal, sharp-tongued, and cutting in the way that only teenage girls can be. But for Josephine, now in her thirties, her time at St. John feels like a lifetime ago. She hasnt spoken to another Divine in fifteen years, not since the day the school shut its doors in disgrace . . .But an impromptu visit reawakens blurry recollections of those doomed final weeks that rocked the community. With each memory that resurfaces, she circles closer to the ugly secret at the heart of the schools scandal. But the more Josephine recalls, the further her life unravels, derailing not just her marriage and career, but her entire sense of self.With the emotional power of My Dark Vanessa and the reflective haze of The Girls, The Divines is a compulsive debut exploring the intoxicating, destructive relationships between teenage girls.A cool, chilling and elegant novel Sarah Perry, author of The Essex SerpentPerfectly twisted . . . Impossible to put downRefinery29CaptivatingVultureAn explosive debutStylist

The Elin Hilderbrand Literati Book Club Pick!Recommended by Entertainment Weekly * CNN * Harpers BAZAAR * E! Online * Refinery 29 * Bustle * Shondaland * Vulture * The Millions * Lit Hub * Electric Literature * Parade * MSN * and more!For when you want a coming-of-age novel with a dark twist. In this provocative novel, the past isnt always as far away as you think. The Skimm[S]o beautifully written that I marked linesfor their perceptive geniuson nearly every page... This perfectly paced novel examines class structures and sexual identity and betrayals and tragedy in a way that had be both wanting to rip through the pages and wanting to savor each sentence until the extremely satisfying end." Elin Hilderbrand for LiteratiCan we ever really escape our pasts?The girls of St John the Divine, an elite English boarding school, were notorious for flipping their hair, harassing teachers, chasing boys, and chain-smoking cigarettes. They were fiercely loyal, sharp-tongued, and cuttingly humorous in the way that only teenage girls can be. For Josephine, now in her thirties, the years at St John were a lifetime ago. She hasnt spoken to another Divine in fifteen years, not since the day the school shuttered its doors in disgrace.Yet now Josephine inexplicably finds herself returning to her old stomping grounds. The visit provokes blurry recollections of those doomed final weeks that rocked the community. Ruminating on the past, Josephine becomes obsessed with her teenage identity and the forgotten girls of her one-time orbit. With each memory that resurfaces, she circles closer to the violent secret at the heart of the schools scandal. But the more Josephine recalls, the further her life unravels, derailing not just her marriage and career, but her entire sense of self. Suspenseful, provocative, and compulsively readable, The Divines explores the tension between the lives we lead as adults and the experiences that form us, probing us to consider how our memories as adults compel us to reexamine our pasts.