Buntin’s prose is elaborately descriptive, sometimes invoking physical sensations in the reader." – Boston Globe It is a gem of a book, brief and urgent, nearly perfect in its execution. “Marlena’’ feels timeless, its vivid characters suspended in the difficult moment of awakening just before adulthood. "A thrilling and important examination of female adolescent friendship. MARLENA named a best book of 2017 by NPR, The Washington Post, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, Buzzfeed, Huffington Post, Vogue, NYLON, iBooks, Brooklyn Public Library, Esquire, The New Yorker, Harper's Bazaar, & more. MARLENA is a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle's John Leonard Prize MARLENA named a Michigan Notable Book 2018 Novel-in-progress won the 2019 Ellen Levine Fund for Writers Award
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