From the author of The Atlas Six, a darkly-fun novel about power, lust, and eating your fill, as wealthy moms and sorority girls practice a sinister new wellness trend . . .
Third Place Books is thrilled to welcome bestselling author Olivie Blake for the release of Girl Dinner, a novel that Chloe Gong calls, "cunning, charged, and just as you’re comfortable—a profound shock. Perfect for the era we live in." Olivie is joined in conversation by Isabel Cañas, author of The Possession of Alba Díaz. Tickets are required in advance.
What you need to know:
All tickets include a copy of Girl Dinner, the new novel by Olivie Blake!
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About Girl Dinner. . .
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Atlas Six, Girl Dinner is a darkly fun novel about power, lust, and eating your fill, as wealthy moms and sorority girls practice a sinister new wellness trend . . .
Good girls deserve a treat.
Every member of The House, the most exclusive sorority on campus, and all its alumni, are beautiful, high-achieving, and universally respected.
After a freshman year she would rather forget, sophomore Nina Kaur knows being one of the chosen few accepted into The House is the first step in her path to the brightest possible future. Once she's taken into their fold, the House will surely ease her fears of failure and protect her from those who see a young woman on her own as easy prey.
Meanwhile, adjunct professor Dr. Sloane Hartley is struggling to return to work after accepting a demotion to support her partner's new position at the cutthroat University. After 18 months at home with her newborn daughter, Sloane's clothes don’t fit right, her girl-dad husband isn’t as present as he thinks he is, and even the few hours a day she's apart from her child fill her psyche with paralyzing ennui. When invited to be The House’s academic liaison, Sloane enviously drinks in the way the alumnae seem to have it all, achieving a level of collective perfection that Sloane so desperately craves.
As Nina and Sloane each get drawn deeper into the arcane rituals of the sisterhood, they learn that living well comes with bloody costs. And when they are finally invited to the table, they will have to decide just how much they can stomach in the name of solidarity and power.
Praise for Girl Dinner. . .
"The brilliance of Girl Dinner is the way it starts splashy (cannibal sorority! tradwives! even just the phrase "girl dinner!"), then builds layers of complexity, emotion, and intensity until by the time you reach the final quarter of the book you're having a profoundly emotional experience. Yes, it's about what it says on the tin. But it's also about the agony and the ecstasy of motherhood, generational differences in perspective within feminism, the impossibility of "winning the game" as a woman in a patriarchal society, and that unending shattering longing to feel not only loved or chosen but fundamentally worthy. This is a read-in-a-night, think-about-for-a-year type of book."
—Milo Michels, Third Place Books
“At once hilarious, scathing, insightful, and heartbreaking—I devoured Girl Dinner! Olivie Blake never pulls any punches, defies genre boundaries, and this book cements her as one of the most unique voices writing at the moment. I live for her commentary on motherhood, relationships, and above all, academia. This book is the fever dream I never knew I needed, and I'm going to recommend it to everyone I meet!”
—Ali Hazelwood
"Bracing and darkly funny, Girl Dinner is filled with the fire of feminist rage that burns so good. Also, some cannibalism, as a treat."
—TJ Klune
“As always, Blake eats! Girl Dinner is truly brilliant—a precise and ruthless novel about the impossibility of being a woman and a mother, it also answers the question of what it takes to win when you start from a losing position. I savored every morsel of this wickedly fun and deeply satisfying interrogation of sisterhood, sorority life, and the true cost of success.”
—Ling Ling Huang
Olivie Blake is the New York Times bestselling author of The Atlas Six, Alone with You in the Ether, One for My Enemy, Masters of Death, Januaries, and Gifted & Talented. As Alexene Farol Follmuth, she is also the author of the young adult rom-coms Twelfth Knight and My Mechanical Romance. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband and son. (Photo credit: Michelle Terris)
Isabel Cañas is a Mexican American speculative fiction writer. After having lived in Mexico, Scotland, Egypt, Turkey, and New York City, among other places, she has settled in the Pacific Northwest. She holds a doctorate in Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations and writes fiction inspired by her research and her heritage. (Photo credit: Kilian Blum)
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