The Fates Will Find Their Way: A Novel

“A bold, wise, magical, and authentic novel about youthful infatuation and its legacy. Hannah Pittard’s beautifully confident prose is sure to make readers look back on their own teenage years with fresh wonder.”
—Vendela Vida, author of The Lovers

 

Already acclaimed for her short fiction—a McSweeney’s Amanda Davis Highwire Fiction Award winner whose work was selected by Salman Rushdie for inclusion in 2008 Best American Short Stories’ 100 Distinguished Stories—Hannah Pittard proves herself a master of long form fiction as well with her haunting, masterfully crafted debut novel, The Fates Will Find Their Way. A powerful and beautiful literary masterwork reminiscent of The Virgin Suicides, Pittard’s The Fates Will Find Their Way tells the unforgettable story of a teenaged girl gone missing, and the boys she grew up with who find themselves caught in the mysterious wake of her absence for the rest of their lives.

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Published Jan 25, 2011

256 pages

Average rating: 5

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lovlilynne
Aug 05, 2024
4/10 stars
(transcribed from WeRead from what I can see in a memory)

Story: 2.8
Writing: 3
Characters: 3
Learning: 1
Entertainment: 1

<7/7/24 update> I don't remember this book, I had to look it up on Amazon to get the plot, and even after that, I only had a vague memory. Based on my reviews, I didn't care for it much. I hadn't started including my rating for "ending," but something tells me it would have been low.

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