The Virgin Suicides

Service95 Recommends is the home of the books we love and reviews from our contributors. The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides is a tale set in 1970s suburbia and follows a group of men whose lives have been changed by their obsessions with five sisters who all died by suicide.

What We Say: “'What are you doing here, honey? You're not even old enough to know how bad life gets.' 'Obviously, Doctor, you've never been a 13-year-old girl.'
In Jeffrey Eugenides' coming-of-age thriller, the lives of the five ill-fated Lisbon sisters take centre stage. Narrated through the collective voice of a group of boys who are mesmerised by the sisters and haunted by their untimely deaths, the novel acutely captures the growing pains of teenage girlhood and the tumultuous experience of being a 13-year-old girl” – Ella Marlow-Gilks

What They Say: “It's such an artfully crafted novel that constantly critiques the male gaze and, in my opinion, never slips up” - Emily Temple, Literary Hub

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