
Girls with Long Shadows: A Novel
âWhat a delicate, hot-blooded tempest of a debut.ââAmy Jo Burns, author of MercuryAn intoxicating Southern Gothic debut novel about identical triplets whose lives are devastated when their burgeoning desires turn deadly.
Identical triplets Baby A, Baby B, and Baby C Binderup were welcomed into the world as their mother was ushered out of it, leaving them nameless and in the care of their Gram, Isadora.Nineteen years later, the siblings work at Gramâs crumbling golf course in Longshadow, Texas, where the ever-watchful eyes of the town observe them serving up glasses of ice-cold lemonade to golfers, swimming in the murky waters of the neighboring bayou, or slipping T-shirts off their identical sunburnt shoulders in hopes of attracting the kind of attention they are only beginning to understand.Cautious Baby B watches as lustful Baby A and introverted Baby C find matches among the town boys. Even Baby B has noticed that the townâs golden boy seems to be intrigued by her, only her. Just as each girlâs desire to be seen for herself is becoming fulfilled, a seemingly trivial kiss is bestowed on the wrong sister, leading to a moment of unspeakable violence that will upend the tripletsâ world forever.
âWhat a delicate, hot-blooded tempest of a debut.ââAmy Jo Burns, author of MercuryAn intoxicating Southern Gothic debut novel about identical triplets whose lives are devastated when their burgeoning desires turn deadly.
Identical triplets Baby A, Baby B, and Baby C Binderup were welcomed into the world as their mother was ushered out of it, leaving them nameless and in the care of their Gram, Isadora.Nineteen years later, the siblings work at Gramâs crumbling golf course in Longshadow, Texas, where the ever-watchful eyes of the town observe them serving up glasses of ice-cold lemonade to golfers, swimming in the murky waters of the neighboring bayou, or slipping T-shirts off their identical sunburnt shoulders in hopes of attracting the kind of attention they are only beginning to understand.Cautious Baby B watches as lustful Baby A and introverted Baby C find matches among the town boys. Even Baby B has noticed that the townâs golden boy seems to be intrigued by her, only her. Just as each girlâs desire to be seen for herself is becoming fulfilled, a seemingly trivial kiss is bestowed on the wrong sister, leading to a moment of unspeakable violence that will upend the tripletsâ world forever.
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âWhat a delicate, hot-blooded tempest of a debut.ââAmy Jo Burns, author of MercuryAn intoxicating Southern Gothic debut novel about identical triplets whose lives are devastated when their burgeoning desires turn deadly.
Identical triplets Baby A, Baby B, and Baby C Binderup were welcomed into the world as their mother was ushered out of it, leaving them nameless and in the care of their Gram, Isadora.Nineteen years later, the siblings work at Gramâs crumbling golf course in Longshadow, Texas, where the ever-watchful eyes of the town observe them serving up glasses of ice-cold lemonade to golfers, swimming in the murky waters of the neighboring bayou, or slipping T-shirts off their identical sunburnt shoulders in hopes of attracting the kind of attention they are only beginning to understand.Cautious Baby B watches as lustful Baby A and introverted Baby C find matches among the town boys. Even Baby B has noticed that the townâs golden boy seems to be intrigued by her, only her. Just as each girlâs desire to be seen for herself is becoming fulfilled, a seemingly trivial kiss is bestowed on the wrong sister, leading to a moment of unspeakable violence that will upend the tripletsâ world forever.
























