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by Genevieve Sly Crane (Author)
Sisterhood is forever...whether you like it or not. Prep meets Girls in White Dresses in Genevieve Sly Crane's addictive literary novel about sorority life, female friendship, and coming of age on a college campus--a voyeuristic look inside the secrets, rivalries, and loyalties that shape life in a sorority house.Twinsets and pearls, secrets and kinship, rituals that bind sisters together in a sacred promise of loyalty. Certain polished images come to mind when people think of sororities. But behind the doors of this house, the reality of Greek life is far more complicated. In this sharp and unflinching portrait of college sisterhood, Genevieve Sly Crane reveals the hidden tensions, power dynamics, and emotional struggles simmering beneath the surface of sorority life. These women are not simply sharing late-night confidences--they are navigating jealousy, ambition, family expectations, and self-destructive choices that threaten to fracture their carefully constructed world. At the center of the story is Margot, the sorority sister whose death casts a shadow over the entire house. Each chapter unfolds through the voices of the women who surrounded her, revealing their grief, guilt, secrets, and shifting loyalties as they grapple with what happened. With elegant, observant prose and a keen eye for character, Crane explores the fragile bonds of female friendship and the pressures facing young women in a culture obsessed with perfection. Beneath the glittering surface of college life lie deeper questions about identity, belonging, and the price of acceptance. Woven throughout the novel are subtle echoes of classical mythology, reminding us that power, rivalry, and destruction have always shaped the lives of women--even among the modern sisterhood of Greek life.
Author Biography
Genevieve Sly Crane was the Pledge Mistress of her own sorority. She graduated from Stony Brook University with her MFA in Creative Writing and Literature in 2013. Her work has appeared in The Southampton Review and American Short Fiction. Her story "Endings, Bright and Ugly" was a finalist in the 2017 American Short(er) Fiction Prize. She teaches in the Department of English at Monroe College.
