The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides

A haunting story of girlhood, obsession, and silence in 1970s suburbia.

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Five sisters. Lux, Cecilia, Therese, Mary & Bonnie Lisbon. Mysterious, beautiful, and misunderstood.

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Told through the eyes of the neighborhood boys— Who never truly knew the girls, only stared from afar.

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Cecilia, age 13, is the first to attempt suicide. Quoted: "Obviously, Doctor, you've never been a 13-year-old girl."

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The Lisbon home grows darker, stricter, more silent. No phones. No school. No freedom.

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The girls become myth. Worshipped, watched, remembered— But never heard.

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The boys say: "We felt the imprisonment of being a girl." But did they really?

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A novel about grief, beauty, and what happens when we confuse love with longing.

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The Virgin Suicides is not a mystery. It’s a mirror. And it will follow you long after the last page.

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