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Plain Bad Heroines: A Novel

By Emily M. Danforth, Coco Mosquito (Illustrator)
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By Emily M. Danforth, Coco Mosquito (Illustrator)
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Notes From Your Bookseller

“This multi-layer narrative spanning over a century follows a queer cast and ghosts that haunt a 20th century all girl’s school. But who’s to say which ones are real and which are invented?”—Courtney C., Bookseller, Store 2112, Fresno, CA 

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The award-winning author of The Miseducation of Cameron Post makes her adult debut with this highly imaginative and original horror-comedy centered around a cursed New England boarding school for girls—a wickedly whimsical celebration of the art of storytelling, sapphic love, and the rebellious female spirit.

“A delectable brew of gothic horror and Hollywood satire . . . deliciously ghoulish.” —Ron Charles, Washington Post

Our story begins in 1902, at the Brookhants School ...

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