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THIS LITTLE LIGHT
If events keep up their current pace and direction, what could life be like in the USA a mere six years from now? In this thriller Lori Lansens imagines it, in its southern Californian incarnation, as experienced by teenage girls, in their own words. There is no novel more relevant to today's zeitgeist than this one.
Rory Miller and her best friend Fee are teen girls on the run, accused of planting a bomb at their posh California private school during a chastity ball, where they swear to their fathers that they will remain virgins until marriage. They watch their attempted capture crowd-sourced by Christian zealots and bounty hunters on social media and cable news. Terrified, alone, and not sure whom they can trust, the girls struggle to understand their sudden infamy as the media-branded "Villains in Versace."
Taking place over the course of 24 hours in the year 2024, in a country that has swung far right with illegal abortion, probationary citizens, and vigilante vengeance in God's name, THIS LITTLE LIGHT is Rory's blog, a real-time narration of their perilous hours in hiding, their dangerous attempts to find safety, and Rory's response to the onslaught of accusations leveled against them. It's also an uncensored journey into Rory's world of uncommon wealth, predatory men, and Kardashians. To understand how they got there, Rory tells us what life is like for two American girls who have been unjustly labelled the "New Face of Holy War."
Lori Lansens has nailed southern California culture, especially wealthy Calabasas, and what it may become just a few years from now. It's the culture of ten-acre private Christian schools (whether you are a Christian or not), triple-gated communities, celebrity worship, and both religion and surveillance run amok, including ever-more-stringent restrictions on women's bodies. Channelling the voice of her teenage daughter, Lansens has produced a chilling and fast-paced doozy of a rant.
Taking place over the course of 24 hours in the year 2024, in a country that has swung far right with illegal abortion, probationary citizens, and vigilante vengeance in God's name, THIS LITTLE LIGHT is Rory's blog, a real-time narration of their perilous hours in hiding, their dangerous attempts to find safety, and Rory's response to the onslaught of accusations leveled against them. It's also an uncensored journey into Rory's world of uncommon wealth, predatory men, and Kardashians. To understand how they got there, Rory tells us what life is like for two American girls who have been unjustly labelled the "New Face of Holy War."
Lori Lansens has nailed southern California culture, especially wealthy Calabasas, and what it may become just a few years from now. It's the culture of ten-acre private Christian schools (whether you are a Christian or not), triple-gated communities, celebrity worship, and both religion and surveillance run amok, including ever-more-stringent restrictions on women's bodies. Channelling the voice of her teenage daughter, Lansens has produced a chilling and fast-paced doozy of a rant.
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Published 2019-09-01 by Random House Canada |