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The Yonahlossee Riding Camp for Girls by Anton DiSclafani is a novel set in the 1930s, following the story of Thea Atwell who is sent away to a riding camp in North Carolina after a scandal disrupts her family life. The book delves into Thea's experiences at the camp, her interactions with other girls, and the gradual unveiling of family secrets from the past. The narrative explores themes of adolescence, family dynamics, and societal expectations, all against the backdrop of the Great Depression.
The writing style of the book is described as beautiful, descriptive, and evocative, transporting the reader to the heat of Florida, the light of summer evenings, and the lush landscapes of North Carolina. The novel is praised for its well-rounded and developed characters, particularly Thea, who is depicted as a complex protagonist navigating the challenges of growing up, self-discovery, and facing the consequences of her actions.
From The Publisher:
"Emotionally engaging... [A] romantic page-turner." -Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times
"A sexy, suspenseful, gorgeously written book." - Curtis Sittenfeld, author of Prep
A propulsive novel about sex, love, family, money, class, home, and horses - all set against the ominous threat of the Depression, The Yonahlossee Riding Camp for Girls is part scandalous love story, part heartbreaking family drama.
It is 1930, the midst of the Great Depression. After her mysterious role in a family tragedy, passionate, strong-willed Thea Atwell, age fifteen, has been cast out of her Florida home, exiled to an equestrienne boarding school for Southern debutantes. High in the Blue Ridge Mountains, with its complex social strata ordered by money, beauty, and girls' friendships, the Yonahlossee Riding Camp for Girls is a far remove from the free-roaming, dreamlike childhood Thea shared with her twin brother on their family's citrus farm-a world now partially shattered. As Thea grapples with her responsibility for the events of the past year that led her here, she finds herself enmeshed in a new order, one that will change her sense of what is possible for herself, her family, her country.
Weaving provocatively between home and school, the narrative powerfully unfurls the true story behind Thea's expulsion from her family, but it isn't long before the mystery of her past is rivaled by the question of how it will shape her future. Part scandalous love story, part heartbreaking family drama, The Yonahlossee Riding Camp for Girls is an immersive, transporting page-turner-a vivid, propulsive novel about sex, love, family, money, class, home, and horses, all set against the ominous threat of the Depression-and the major debut of an important new writer.
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