![]() ![]() ![]() Infatuated by the creative chaos of the Trenthams and the artists who orbit them, Lily aches to fully belong in their world, craving something beyond her own ordinary life. ![]() And Lily has never met anyone like Eva, whose unabashed confidence and worldly knowledge immediately draw her in. An only child from an unremarkable, working-class family, Lily has never experienced a household like the Trenthams’–a community of like-minded artists Evan and his wife have created, all living and working together to escape the stifling conservatism of 1930’s Australia. On her first day at a new school, Lily befriends Eva and her sisters Beatrice and Heloise, daughters of the infamous avant-garde painter Evan Trentham. ![]() “ The Strays is a knowing novel, and beautifully done.” - Meg Wolitzer, New York Times bestselling author of The Interestingsįor readers of Atonement, a hauntingly powerful story about the fierce friendship between three sisters and their friend as they grow up on the outskirts of their parents’ wild and bohemian artistic lives. “Full of lush, mesmerizing detail and keen insight into the easy intimacy between young girls which disappears with adulthood.” - The New Yorker “Disturbing and magical….with a grace and eloquence.” – NPR Books ![]()
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