Eating The Cheshire Cat (A Virago V) - Tapa blanda

Críticas

A Quentin Tarantino meets Jackie Collins mix of blood, guts, sex and shopping (DAILY TELEGRAPH)

This is darkly Southern Gothic humour, both witty and disturbing, that throws into sharp relief the madness lurking beneath obsessive social rituals (DAILY MAIL)

With great verve and wit, Helen Ellis tackles head-on this fluffy pink corner of the American cliche ... A fine debut, and an immensely enjoyable read (THE TIMES)

Oh, the things these girls do to each other in the name of beauty, ambition, friendship and sisterhood! EATING THE CHESHIRE CAT is a wicked, funny, page-turner of a story (Dani Shapiro, author of SLOW MOTION)

Reseña del editor

In a world of perfectly planned parties and steep social ladders, traditional rites of passage take unexpected turns when three girls and their overbearing mothers collide. In the astonishing opening scene, Sarina Summers's mom smashes her daughter's hands so a doctor will be forced to fix Sarina's one imperfection - crooked pinkie fingers. As Sarina and her mom pursue Sarina's impeccable image, Nicole Hicks's self-destructive obsession with Sarina thwarts her own mother's plans. Meanwhile, an unwilling participant in the Hicks vs. Summers feud fights to prove that a girl can succeed outside the confines of this outrageous, yet eerily familiar social order.

From summer camp to the University of Alabama's race for the homecoming queen's throne, Southern stereotypes are challenged and wrestled to the ground. It's survival of the fittest. But which girl will come out on top? Helen Ellis keeps her readers guessing until the bitter end in this wickedly clever, superbly crafted novel.