![]() The visit provokes blurry recollections of those doomed final weeks that rocked the community. ![]() ![]() She hasn’t 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. For Josephine, now in her thirties, the years at St John were a lifetime ago. They were fiercely loyal, sharp-tongued, and cuttingly humorous in the way that only teenage girls can be. Can we ever really escape our past?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. Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2021 by Entertainment Weekly * CNN * Harper's BAZAAR * E! Online * Refinery 29 * Bustle * Shondaland * Vulture * The Millions * Lit Hub * Electric Literature * Parade * MSN * and more!“The Divines is a cool, chilling and elegant novel.” -Sarah Perry, internationally bestselling author of The Essex Serpent “A scintillating coming-of-age story.” -Susie Yang, New York Times bestselling author of White IvyWith the emotional power of Normal People and the reflective haze of The Girls, a magnetic novel that moves between present-day Los Angeles and a British boarding school in the 1990s, exploring the destructive relationships between teenage girls. ![]()
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