![]() She gets Alice to venture out of the house, and lavishes care and attention on her, but just like it was at Bennington, when the girls seemed to morph into each other, the lines of their identities begin to blur. Lucy becomes their houseguest, and at first, things seem fine. An agoraphobic, Alice is frozen in place, unable to speak her mind in a country she somehow can’t leave, when suddenly, Lucy appears at their door. While John loves Tangier, Alice hates it, and she isn’t so sure how she feels about John now, either. The two girls part acrimoniously, and then Alice, desperate to escape her past and Lucy, quickly marries loud, reckless John, and they move to Tangier, where everything changes once again. Lucy’s jealousy erupts, and when Alice’s relationship ends tragically, Alice can’t help but suspect a horrified Lucy. The girls share everything, except Tom, Alice’s new boyfriend. They both lost parents, they both feel alone, and they both desperately need each other, especially April, who feels that Lucy’s presence is “strengthening and emboldening me, her presence serving as an armor I could somehow never manage to affix on my own.” Alice finds friendship and strength in her roommate, Lucy, a poor girl supported by scholarships. Alice is a trembling leaf of a girl, who comes from mega-money, and who has a guardian, Maude, who never wanted the job to begin with. Lucy Mason and Alice Shipley meet as roommates at Bennington College, and they soon become inseparable. I’ve never started a review with the words Oh, my God, but they perfectly encapsulate Christine Mangan’s unbelievably tense, incredibly smart debut novel about identity, obsession and secrets, all set against the heat-drenched exotica of 1956 Tangier, where revolution is simmering and two very different women must come to grips with their dangerously twisted friendship - and themselves. ![]() 1 of2 "Tangerine" Ecco Show More Show Less 2 of2 Christine Mangan Casey Carsello Show More Show Less
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