All the Finest Girls
Written by Alexandra Styron
Narrated by Alexandra Styron
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About this audiobook
The acclaimed first novel that movingly charts the intersection of two lives, two worlds—the story of a fierce and untameable young girl, growing up "privileged" in a New England household darkened by her parents' epically unhappy marriage, and the Caribbean nanny who has left her own family a thousand miles behind to live among strangers.
At the heart of this vibrant and emotionally searing novel is a tale of finding a sense of belonging in an unexpected place. A novel sure to spark discussion about parent/child relationships.
Alexandra Styron
ALEXANDRA STYRON is the author of the novel All the Finest Girls and a graduate of Barnard College and the MFA program at Columbia University. Her work has appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times, Vanity Fair, Financial Times and the Wall Street Journal, among other publications, and she has taught memoir writing in the MFA program at Hunter College. She lives with her husband and two children in Brooklyn, NY.
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Reviews for All the Finest Girls
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- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5It was very confusing at first, with the alternating POVs and from different time periods. I'm not sure I even followed along the first time I read it. Definitely needs a few reads to really understand, I think.Characters, plot, conflict (still not really sure what it was), etc. were all okay.