The Virgin Suicides
by Jeffrey Eugenides, Nick Landrum
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The Lisbons are a Catholic family living in Grosse Pointe, Michigan in the 1970s. The father, Ronald, is a math teacher at a private school and the mother is a homemaker. The family has five daughters: 13-year-old Cecilia, 14-year-old Lux, 15-year-old Bonnie, 16-year-old Mary, and 17-year-old Therese. Their lives change dramatically within one summer when Cecilia, a stoic and astute girl described as an "outsider", attempts suicide by cutting her wrists. A few weeks later, the girls throw a chaperoned party, during which Cecilia jumps from their second story window and dies, impaled by a fe
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My June/July/Aug booklist: - How to Read Literature Like a Professor by Thomas Foster - The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg - The Story of the Human Body by Daniel Lieberman - The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides - Founders at Work by Jessica Livingston - Coders at Work by Peter Seibel - Drive by Daniel Pink - American Gods by Neil Gaiman
on “Ask HN: Which books are you reading in 2017?” ↗It might be simply putting a book quote as a response came across as passive aggressive. The reference is to the Virgin Suicides. The doctor can’t believe that Cecilia would slash her wrists because he can’t comprehend that she would have experienced real or perceived distress at her age. To which she responds with the quote above.…
on “Why Some Researchers Think I’m Wrong About Social Media and Mental Illness” ↗