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Stargazer

"This Canada-set campus thriller throngs with coming-of-age crises, envy and obsession."

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Intense, evocative and electric with the obsessive friendship between two Canadian college students, Laurie Petrou’s Stargazer is a gripping thriller that exposes a fine line between sisterly bonds and the toxicity of dependence.

It’s the summer of 1995, and Diana and Aurelle are on the cusp of starting freshman year at a remote college on the woods, living together in Diana’s parents’ cottage. United by a desire to shed the identities bestowed on them by their wealthy backgrounds, the young women are inseparable, though there are considerable differences between them, with a poison simmering through their relationship.

Ambitious, socially awkward Diana has long been bullied by her brother, and she’s long been beguiled by Aurelle’s family, too – Aurelle’s mother is a glamourous celebrity fashion designer. But college sees Diana reinvent herself, to the extent that she’ll stop at nothing to seize the fame she’s so long sought.

As the plot slips between the beginning of the girls’ relationship, to an explosive unravelling, we see how insecurity and envy unleash betrayal and cruelty, and we’re invited to think about the nature of privilege. Un-put-downable for fans of female-focused literary thrillers with coming-of-age edge.

Joanne Owen

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