num_pages: 249
description: The five Lisbon sisters are brought up in a strict household, and when the youngest kills herself, the oppression of the remaining sisters intensifies. As Therese, Mary, Bonnie and Lux are pulled deeper into isolation by their domineering mother, a group of neighborhood boys become obsessed with liberating the sisters. But what the boys don't know is, the Lisbon girls are beyond saving.
language: English
title: The Virgin Suicides
titlecomplete: The Virgin Suicides
characters: Bonnie Lisbon, Therese Lisbon, Cecilia Lisbon, Mary Lisbon, Lux Lisbon
genres: Coming Of Age, Mental Health, Literary Fiction, Novels, Young Adult, Literature, Classics, Adult, Fiction, Contemporary
ratings_count: 311290
places: Michigan
publisher: Grand Central Publishing