Summary
It’s a fine line between admiration and envy.
Diana Martin has lived her life in the shadow of her sadistic older brother. She quietly watches the family next door, enthralled by celebrity fashion designer Marianne Taylor and her feted daughter, Aurelle.
She wishes she were a ‘Taylor girl’.
By the summer of 1995, the two girls are at university together, bonded by a mutual desire to escape their wealthy families and personal tragedies and forge new ide…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780857308221 |
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| ISBN-10: | 085730822X |
| Author: | Laurie Petrou |
| Publisher: | Verve Books |
| Imprint: | Verve Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 31 August 2022 |
| Weight: | 192g |
| Dimensions: | 29mm x 199mm x 130mm |
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Stargazer is a dark and dreamlike journey into the obsession, envy and love between two young friends in the 90s. The tension simmers in this atmospheric lake-side setting until the crushing end. Laurie Petrou’s writing is melodic and immersive. A delicious read!
– Ashley Audrain, New York Times bestselling author of The PushThe tense thriller… touted as the book to be seen with this summer * The Gloss (5 Beach Books to Pack for Your Summer Holiday) *Petrou’s lyrical writing is so powerful that I could smell the pines and feel the snow on my skin as she effortlessly transports the reader to 90s Muskoka * Toronto Life *Laurie Petrou does something that feels as if it goes beyond writing in Stargazer… It’s like a sculpture in word form. – Angus Batey * Quietus *Laurie Petrou brilliantly showed the toxic side when a friendship goes sour * Kate Quinn, bestselling author of The Rose Code and The Alice Network *About The Author
Laurie Petrou
Laurie Petrou is an award-winning author, and Associate Professor at the RTA School of Media at X University in Toronto. She is a voracious reader and has been writing stories her whole life. She lives in Niagara with her family. Stargazer is her fourth book.
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