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    Hello Girls
    Hello Girls
    Hello Girls
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    Hello Girls

    Written by Brittany Cavallaro and Emily Henry

    Narrated by Julia Whelan

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    Thelma and Louise gets remade in this powerful, darkly funny novel from acclaimed authors Brittany Cavallaro and Emily Henry. When Winona and Lucille have had enough of the controlling men in their lives, they take their rage on the road to make a new life for themselves.

    Winona has been starving for life in the seemingly perfect home that she shares with her seemingly perfect father, celebrity weatherman Stormy Olsen. No one knows that he locks the pantry door to control her eating and leaves bruises where no one can see them.

    Lucille has been suffocating beneath the needs of her mother and her drug-dealing brother, wondering if there’s more out there for her than disappearing waitress tips and a lifetime of barely getting by.

    One harrowing night, Winona and Lucille realize they can’t wait until graduation to start their new lives. They need out. Now. One hour later, they’re armed with a plan that will take them from their small Michigan town to Chicago.

    All they need is three grand, fast. And really, a stolen convertible can’t hurt.

    Chased by the oppression, toxicity, and powerlessness that has held them down, Winona and Lucille must reclaim their strength if they are going to make their daring escape—and get away with it.

    Brittany Cavallaro is the author of the New York Times bestselling Charlotte Holmes series. Emily Henry is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Book Lovers, People We Meet on Vacation and Beach Read. Together, they have created ""a razor-sharp union of sidesplitting dark comedy, fierce feminism, and poignant friendship, paced like an Alfa-Romeo at full throttle, and written in gleaming, perfect, gut-punch sentences.” (Jeff Zentner, Morris Award-winning author of The Serpent King)

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherKatherine Tegen Books
    Release dateAug 6, 2019
    ISBN9780062914408
    Author

    Brittany Cavallaro

    Brittany Cavallaro is the New York Times bestselling author of A Study in Charlotte and the Charlotte Holmes novels. With Emily Henry she wrote the young adult thriller Hello Girls. Cavallaro is also the author of the poetry collections Girl-King and Unhistorical and is the recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship in poetry. She lives in Michigan, where she teaches creative writing at Interlochen. 

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    • 3/5
      The author took some real situations and makes the reader think about what a person could do to get out of these trapped situations. It was an unfinished ending with too many unbelievable feats. I can see the reasoning behind writing it as an entertainment and it was well written. It is just not my style of enjoyable reading.
    • 5/5
      A must read! My absolute favorite book I’ve listened to in a long time.
    • 5/5
      Love this! I feel like I started my reading year with a bang. If you like Thelma & Louise, you will love this. What a ride! It is a story about true friendship. And freedom. The main characters aren't perfect and they recognize it and change whatever they need to. They are able to analyze themselves, feel guilty, but also sometimes being human is making a mistake but not feel completely bad cause some people just treat others evil for no reason and you gotta fight for yourself. Oh and the rough hard! Plus listening to the audiobook made me easily picture everything like in a movie! The way on of the scenes was written, mentioning the sun light... Perfect! Even the title is appropriate for the story (and really didn't need the explanation). I will probably re-read it!
    • 4/5
      Genre : young adult, contemporary, romance

      TW : abuse (family, parental/sibling), gambling, drug and alcohol use, physical and gun violence, murder

      This book was super fun, entertaining, and intense. I loved the relationship and dynamic of the two girls. Also that ending. Wow, I did NOT expect that.
    • 5/5
      One hell of ride; you can't help but root for Lucille and Winona and their hunger for life.
    • 4/5
      My overwhelming feeling after reading this book was sadness and outrage on behalf of these two girls who were betrayed by the very people who should have loved and looked out for them - their parents. There's a "Thelma and Louise" feel to the story, where the two girls go from one outrageous adventure to the next. Part of me feels like the story is a fantasy where everything works out where the reality might actually be something very different. Definitely thought provoking.
    • 4/5
      teen fiction (2 young women take to the road to flee their abusive/constrictive home situation)
      for older teens, with potential triggers: includes physical abuse, alcohol and drug use, gun violence and fistfights, sexual situations/making out (but not explicit sex), lots of theft/larceny and some pool sharking.
      a fast-paced read with heroines you will root for, and men you will be glad to see the end of. Not really any LGBTQ content, though Winona at one point wonders that she doesn't know if she could be queer; she hasn't had a chance to develop any crushes until she was able to get away from her overbearing and threatening dad. It feels like Winona and Lucille might develop romantic feelings for each other, but the text never goes so far as to hint at more than very close friendship.
    • 4/5
      Every review and blurb about Hello Girls by Brittany Cavallaro and Emily Henry compares this book to Thelma and Louise, and as much as I would like to come up with something unique the analogy feels impossible to avoid. Two friends, a great convertible, crazy antics--some good, some bad, con jobs...well, you get the picture. Hello Girls lives up to its progenitor if a little belief suspension is involved. Winona and Lucille run away to escape very different family dysfunction--one from too much caring and the other not enough. Driving Winona’s grandfather’s Alfa Romeo convertible across the country the two manage to outmaneuver drug dealers, the police and a good looking grifter on their way to find Winona’s mother in Las Vegas. Cavallaro and Henry deliver laugh out loud moments, depressing realizations and thoughtful insights all wrapped up in a quick page-turner. Hello Girls is an easy sell to Cavallaro’s existing fans, and readers of Maureen Johnson, Becky Albertalli and Julie Murphy--a clear must-have for any YA collection or library.