Marilou Is Everywhere A Novel

Sarah Elaine Smith, Kristen Sieh

eAudio - 2019

Finalist for the L.A. Times Book Prize for First Fiction One of NPR’s Favorite Books of 2019A SKIMM READS PICKA BELLETRIST BOOK CLUB PICK"This novel reads like a miracle." —NPRConsumed by the longing for a different life, a teenager flees her family and carefully slips into another — replacing a girl whose own sudden disappearance still haunts the town. Fourteen-year-old Cindy and her two older brothers live in rural Pennsylvania, in a house with occasional electricity, two fierce dogs, one book, and a mother who comes and goes for months at a time. Deprived of adult supervision, the siblings rely on one another for nourishment of all kinds. As Cindy's brothers take on new responsibilities for her care, the shadow of da...nger looms larger and the status quo no longer seems tolerable. So when a glamorous teen from a more affluent, cultured home goes missing, Cindy escapes her... more