num_pages: 256
description: Laura van den Berg's gorgeous new book The Isle of Youth explores the lives of women mired in secrecy and deception. From a newlywed caught in an inscrutable marriage to private eyes working a baffling case in South Florida to a teenager who assists her magician mother and steals from the audience the characters in these bewitching stories are at once vulnerable and dangerous bighearted and ruthless and they will do what it takes to survive.Each tale is spun with elegant urgency and the reader grows attached to the marginalized young women in these storieswomen grappling with the choices they've made and searching for the clues to unlock their inner worlds. This is the work of a fearless writer whose stories feel both magical and mystical earning her the title of sorceress from her readers. Be prepared to fall under her spell. An NPR Best Book of 2013I looked for you I called your nameOpa-LockaLessonsAcrobatAntarcticaThe greatest escapeThe isle of youth
language: English
title: The Isle of Youth: Stories
publisher: FSG Originals